“I’ve had several conservative Democrat friends who will be caucusing with Republicans here because the Democrats have passed on it,” he said. “I don’t know how much of an impact that will have statewide; however they have been very interested in learning about each candidate and showing up.”
Shaffer said a lot of Trump’s strongest voters have never caucused before, and shockingly they are also not planning to start on Monday. “I’ve been surprised by the amount of them who told me when I asked them to come to caucus Monday night who told me, ‘Nah, he’s going to win anyway.’”