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What, Exactly, Does This "Prove"?
There is reliable information available showing that, in Ohio and Texas, Republicans "crossed over" and voted as Democrats-for-a-day. The fact that they are registering as Democrats in Pennsylvania proves only that they plan to vote in the upcoming (closed) primary. In Ohio and Texas (open primaries), Republicans also crossed over, but there is nothing nefarious about this (e.g., voting for HRC so they can "defeat" her in November).
In Ohio, for example, approximately 9 percent of the Democratic vote came from Republicans:
..."[They] split their votes, 49 percent going to Clinton and the same percentage to Obama. Since Clinton received 1.208 million votes in that state, that means about 8 percent of her votes came from Republicans. On the other hand, about 10 percent of Obama's 979,000 votes in that state were from Republicans." ...
Texas shows a slightly different story:
..."Republican pollster Mike Baselice has said that a 9 percent to 15 percent crossover vote is typical in that state. That’s what exit polls showed there: Only 9 percent of those who voted on Democratic ballots identified themselves as Republicans. But they didn’t seem to follow Limbaugh’s prescription. According to the exit polls, Republicans preferred Obama over Clinton, 53 percent to 46 percent. Our calculations show that, as in Ohio, about 8 percent of Clinton's votes in Texas came from Republicans; for Obama, the figure was about 10 percent." ...
SOURCE: http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/ did_10_percent_of_hillarys_votes_come.html