Why did 11% of self-described liberals vote Republican at the top of the ticket?

[leftlibdem420]

Conservative Democrats in national elections, I can understand. Voting for a Republican official in some random New England town I can understand. The Democratic party isn't especially liberal, but the GOP is extreme right and the idea that any self-described liberal would prefer Soiled Mittens to President Obama is bizarre as fuck. Maybe they\re the same weird "liberals" who want Disney writing our copyright laws.

EDIT

Here's the link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2012-exit-polls/

[SoapBox]

1. DINO's.

[BainsBane]

2. racism? nt

[kelliekat44]

24. +1,000

Face it, some "liberals" are racist...that is all.

[still_one]

3. I am not sure where that is coming from, however, no real liberal would vote for a republican today.

Maybe self described liberals are different

[Kalidurga]

6. What you said...

I have talked to a lot of liberals that are mad at Obama for a variety of reasons. However as Chris Rock said about this type "Obama hasn't come up with a cure for cancer, so I'm going to vote for cancer" I paraphrase of course.

[still_one]

9. fine they are mad at Obama, but it makes no sense for a real liberal to vote republican

[Kalidurga]

30. You are absolutely right...

Just on social issues alone. Romney is a disaster. But, what he would do to the economy would be well, I wasn't around for the depression in the late 1930's, but I imagine it would be something like that.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. Where did you get that information?

[KathieG]

5. When I google that it seems to only pop up on conservative blogs and web sites.

Just sayin'

[99Forever]

7. Says who?

Where's your supporting evidence? Got a link to credible proof?

You wouldn't be trolling, would you?

[Live and Learn]

12. Here is a link someone posted the other day:

http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president#exit-polls

Exit polls - 14% liberals voted for Romney.

Edited to correct the percentage.

[KathieG]

14. Exit polls? Ha! That explains it.

[Live and Learn]

17. I don't think it does explain it.

And I actually read it wrong it was just 14% of Liberals. But notice that only 8% of Democrats claimed to have voted for Romney.

I personally know some that voted for Romney because they fell for the he is better on the economy BS. I actually believe that they think their jobs will be gone now that Obama won and these people are executives at big corporations.

[KathieG]

21. I don't care what they say, they aren't "Liberals".

Romney as a candidate is the antithesis of almost everything most liberals stand for.

[Live and Learn]

35. Agreed, having a hard time understanding their logic on this one.

Especially the "liberal" women executives I know that voted for him.

I understand worrying about your career but for Gawds sake, if these conservatives had their way they wouldn't even have a career.

[hfojvt]

31. I was gonna say ...

I also note that 17% of conservatives voted for Obama.

Those words, conservative and liberal are not neatly defined anyway.

[Live and Learn]

39. Very true. And of course, they are self defined.

People are not really that easily categorized.

[99Forever]

19. A CNN poll?

Are you a professional comedian?

[Live and Learn]

36. Well, I did find the poll on DU. lol

And I know exit polls aren't the greatest source of information but don't think there is anywhere else to get this kind of breakdown.

[99Forever]

37. It's bunk.

Doesn't matter where you "found it." Bunk is bunk.

Someone voting "for Romney" is by definition, not a liberal. Period.

Stop with the weak sauce attempts to drive in wedges where they don't exist.

[Live and Learn]

38. No need for the bullying attempt. I didn't defend

the self defined "liberals" at all.

You asked for a link to where the OP might be getting his info and I provided one. I guess you didn't really want one.

And I really don't see how the OP asking a simple question is "attempting to drive wedges."

[TheKentuckian]

8. Brown acid or ratfucking crossover pukes that register to influence our primaries

[bluestate10]

10. Provide a link to the voting information. nt

[JI7]

11. i would like to know why they describe themselves as liberal

[AverageJoe90]

13. I dunno.

Gotta agree with your last statement, btw.

[Chunk]

15. First hit on the google goes to...

the site of some republican idiot that died of heart failure

[Chan790]

16. Oddities of nature.

You're thinking rationally, some people think only emotionally.

My mother New England-born and life-long still identifies as a liberal Republican even this far after the death of the Republican left, the sort of person who wonders where all the good Republicans like Lowell Weicker and the Chaffees went. A little sad inside that Olympia Snowe retired because the GOP looks a little less like her than it did a month ago. Still pro-labor and pro-capitalist. Still refusing to admit that Ronald "Asshole" Reagan was anything but an aberration. Admitting the last GOP nominee she liked before Romney was Richard Nixon...but she voted for Obama anyways because Romney showed a lack of character by refusing to admit he's still pro-choice. She liked him better when he was governor of MA and pro-choice. Lots of people from where I grew up have the exact same politics, half of them voted for Romney...all of them if asked would self-id as "liberal".

[HooptieWagon]

18. Who says they're liberals?

Just bc they're registered D doesn't mean they're a liberal. There's still some racist conserva-dems in the south and Appalachians.

[Nine]

20. And 17% of self-described conservatives voted for Obama.

I suspect this is typical of every election. Anyone have numbers from past years?

[PowerToThePeople]

22. and a greater % of "Christians" do not follow Jesus' teachings.

Maybe they believe in liberal fascism?

What's that I smell?

[Walk away]

23. One of the biggest right wing assholes I know is a registered Democrat and calls himself...

an Independent. He is the moron client who proclaimed that he wanted to kill Obama because he was a Socialist destroying the country. I never asked him why he is registered that way. I assume for some underhanded, tinfoil hat reason.

[lindysalsagal]

25. 2% Mormon, 3% rilly rilly rich tax dodges, 2% Anti-Choice, 1% Dog-haters, 1% Michelle Bachmann

obsessed, 2% too stoned to keep the names straight.

[BlueMan Votes]

26. there are Repugs that consider themselves to be liberal...

just as there are Democrats that consider themselves to be conservatives.

you may not agree with their assessments of themselves- but it's about how they see themselves.

[DCKit]

27. Election fraud?

C'mon, nobody who describes themselves as "liberal" is going to vote (R) at the top of the ticket. Those folks aren't conservative, they're nuts.

[ConnorMarc]

28. They Are Misguided To Say The Least

And that's putting it in the nicest way possible.

[Sparky 1]

29. Tricky Republican software. This article claims R's steal 10%

Retired NSA Analyst Proves GOP is Stealing Elections
http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk/breaking-retired-nsa-analyst-proves-gop-is-stealing-elections/article20598.html

[On the Road]

32. Why Did 11% Voge Republican?

Because 89% didn't.

[Webster Green]

33. No actual liberal would vote for Romney.

That is absurd.

[Bonobo]

34. Spidey senses tingling... nt

[quinnox]

41. no kidding

This one is causing the ship's sensors to detect "Intruder alert!"

[trumad]

40. Really---based on exit polls?

10 percent say they are Democrats here on DU...when they are nothing more than trolls.