Statewide surveys from the five most recent presidential primaries in Wisconsin are used to examine voting trends of independents and party identifiers in Wisconsin presidential primaries. The primary concerns are (1) the extent and direction of crossover voting, (2) election-specific factors that effect crossover voting, and (3) possible inconsistency between crossover voting and future vote choices.
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