We Voted to Deport Every Single One of Them
There’s a Special Place in Hell for Nancy Pelosi
Trump Just Keeps Winning On Inflation
Democrats' Chickens Coming to Roost
The Fertility Crisis Explained (and What to Do About it)
Fire in the Sky
The Trump Years: Golden Escalator to Golden Age
The Constitution Is Louder Than Schumer’s Fear Mongering
President Trump Needs Backup and Georgia Needs a New Senator
California’s Overregulation is Trash — Literally
Trump Orders ICE to Double Down on Deportations in Dem-Run Cities
BREAKING: Suspect Who Shot Two Minnesota Lawmakers Has Been Arrested
Trump Rejected Israeli Plan to Assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Prioritizing U.S. Intere...
You Won't Believe LA Mayor Karen Bass' Father's Day Message
Flashback: Nancy Pelosi Slammed Dems for Not Securing Border in 2005
Tipsheet

In Chicago, Number of Democratic Voters Switching Parties Increases

Donald Trump has repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he’s the candidate doing the most to bring new voters to the Republican Party.

"I'm bringing people -- Democrats over, I'm bringing independents over and we're going to build a Republican party,” the Republican frontrunner said in a February debate.

Advertisement

And so far it seems he’s right.

In Massachusetts nearly 20,000 registered Democrats abandoned the party to register as either a Republican or unaffiliated ahead of the commonwealth’s primary. And in Chicago, a similar pattern has emerged.

With early voting closing in Chicago in just two days, monitors note a surprising trend: Donald Trump showing some traction among Democrats.

CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley reports.

Just west of Midway Airport, in the bungalow belt dominated by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, some Democrats are defecting to The Donald.

“Right here, I’m a Donald Trump voter,” says retired city plumber Tom Izzo.

“So many Americans are out of job, but we got all these illegals working here. Something’s got to happen,” he says.

Izzo represents a bit of a trend. In 2008, just 6 percent of Chicago primary voters selected Republican ballots. This year, it’s up to 10 percent. And that’s not far away from the 13 percent back in 1980, the year Ronald Reagan attracted so-called blue collar Reagan Democrats.

Advertisement

“We need change, and Obama didn’t give us the change we needed,” Democratic voter Gene Krupa told CBS 2.

Whether Trump succeeds in attracting the same percentage of Democrats as Reagan did remains to be seen—but he’s not far off. 

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement