>Primary voters do not have to be paying members of a party, only to declare what party's primary they want to vote in. this does not obligate them to vote that way in the general election.

Is it safe to assume that there were rep sympathizers voting for McGovern but not for Jesse Jackson to get somebody easy to win over ? Or will they try to make the "Other" candidates the one least revolting ? If so, anybody speculating on such behaviour and the numbers involved ?

I like number games...

thomas