Are any of Tulsi Gabbard's supporters actual Democrats?

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10. Undoubtedly. Anyone can be a Democrat, strictly a personal choice,

and 31% of Americans self identify Democrat.

Gabbard's beautiful, talented on the podium, and some seem to have liked what they saw and picked up on an agenda or background item that pleased superficially and at least initially didn't look farther or require more.

We're burdened with, of course, the usual "low self esteem"/self-hating types who are attracted to those who badmouth whatever they identify with. Self-revilers are to the left the way revilers of others are to the right.

And of course we do have a genuine minority of conservatives who've never migrated to the Republican Party but always vote not-Democrat for president. And a few are malicious destroyers always looking for weapons.

Mercifully, they're few, but Tulsi seems to fit these templates, lacking someone preferable. (I believe most prefer male pols, which her extremely poor showing compared to her competition suggests may be the case.)