I hate when people say MD is 2-to-1 Dem/Rep because less than half the registered voters are Dems. A quarter are Reps and the rest are something else, the vast majority being unaffiliated. Because MD is a closed primary almost 25% of registered voters have no say in who gets in the general. If the independents picked a side we'd have a fighting chance to get better representation in the general. I get that the MD GOP has been less than stellar, but it's the best way I can think of to take the state back.