MSNBC's Steve Kornacki wonders if New Hampshire independent voters will decide to participate in the Republican primary because the Democratic race is locked up. New Hampshire holds on open primary which means any registered voter can vote in either the Democratic primary or the Republican primary.



"I guess the question here is between the Republican and Democratic primaries next week in New Hampshire, all of the independent voters they can show up at polls on primary day and choose, I'm going to vote in the Republican primary, I'm going to vote in the Democratic primary. A key is which way will they decide to go," Kornacki said Thursday on MSNBC.



"And one thing is, when you get these lopsided poll margins, if you're seeing consistently Bernie Sanders up by 20 points, I do wonder, does the independent voter who is sort of trying to decide between 'do I take the Republican ballot, do I take the Democratic ballot?' Well, that Democratic race is a landslide, maybe that Republican race is a little more volatile. That's one thing I would wonder about there and Bernie Sanders doing so well with independents that would affect him," Kornacki said.