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In reply to the discussion: Have you *ever* voted for a GOP candidate? If so, why? [View all]HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)101. Because she's one of the few moderates left and takes care of us out of her heart.
I'm speaking of Senator Patricia Vance, Cumberland County, PA.
Other than that, only as protest votes. I'm registered as a Republican so I can vote in the primary and I wrote in Jill Stein (Green Party) on the Republican ticket. Obama wasn't contested and neither were any of the other contests on the Democratic primary ticket. It was a "none of the above" choice, but she is very closely aligned with my views so hopefully it will have registered SOMEWHERE. Our district really didn't have any significantly challenged races this year. If nothing else, a protest vote reduces the numbers for the vote ratio of the winning candidate.
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In the Eighties and Nineties, I voted for Marge Roukema, our 7th (5th) district congressional rep.
no_hypocrisy
Sep 2012
#10
Weird connection here. I watched part of an unbelievably LONG interview w. Anna Quindlen...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#30
I remember that. Rocky made a last minute mad dash try to grab the nomination...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#38
Ummm... probably not, but that's my fault for not framing the question more clearly.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#49
I'm ashamed to admit that I voted for Jerry Ford in 1976. I live in Grand Rapids, MI
catbyte
Sep 2012
#42
Yes, in some local races, although not since the Republicans took the express to Crazy Town. n/t
gkhouston
Sep 2012
#48
Oh, you poor guy. I feel your pain. You have to live with that. But you were young.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#152
once and never again: bill weld for gov of massachusetts, when he ran against atilla the hun
unblock
Sep 2012
#67
Nope. My first presidential election I could vote in was Bill Clinton's first term
justiceischeap
Sep 2012
#82
Yes, I have. Because the Democrat at the time was anti-gay. The Republican was pro-Marriage Equality
Ian David
Sep 2012
#84
I'm in Delaware and voted for Mike Castle and Bill Roth in all of their elections.
woodsprite
Sep 2012
#89
Yeah, all the Republican luminaries in recent history have been expelled from the party
MNBrewer
Sep 2012
#121
Where I live, a lot of the local elections are decided in the Republican primary
gollygee
Sep 2012
#96
Because she's one of the few moderates left and takes care of us out of her heart.
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#101
this year I voted in the MO Repub presidential primary for (None of the Above)
lastlib
Sep 2012
#108
Nope. But, to my regret, I have voted for some neo-lib, 3rd Way, Democrats.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2012
#116
In the 90's I voted for a puke for state senate and wouldn't regret it on positions BUT
TheKentuckian
Sep 2012
#124
yes...when i moved i registered as a republican so i could vote for buchanan (to weaken bush)
DonRedwood
Sep 2012
#128
I don't remember who he was running against but it would have been hard...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#158
One of my earliest political memories is Morse grilling Sec. Rusk at the FR Committee over VN.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#179
That was a no-brainer. I preferred Weicker at the time. Watergate-hero, etc.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#157
Yeah? Well, LOL back atcha. If a Republican were THAT decent, he'd be a DEMOCRAT.
WinkyDink
Sep 2012
#213
If I'd been old enough to vote in 1978(I was slightly too young), and if he'd won the GOP primary
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#170
If I had still been living in Mass at that time I would have voted for Weld over Silber
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#192
In 1975 I voted for the Republican candidate for District Magistrate in Corry, PA - The Democratic
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#178
No, not once in my lifetime. However, I thought that Eisenhower was a decent guy. I also
ladjf
Sep 2012
#183
No. IMO, only a person with very serious negative personal issues could be a republican.
Zorra
Sep 2012
#189
No, I was raised at a time when we understood voting a straight ticket with a D behind it. Born in
jwirr
Sep 2012
#191
John Anderson for President in 1980- Because Jimmy Carter was a failure at that point
JPZenger
Sep 2012
#198
John Heinz. He really was a good Senator and did things to help the people of this state.
appleannie1
Sep 2012
#201