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MSNBC: Lots of stories of registered Rs voting straight D this time (Original Post) stopbush Nov 2018 OP
anecdotal at best but still better than D's voting R's.... being reported beachbum bob Nov 2018 #1
r's voting *straight* d is impressive. unblock Nov 2018 #2
They are voting for a check on tRump. stopbush Nov 2018 #3
yes, 2020 will be very interesting in many ways. unblock Nov 2018 #5
These are republicans who haven't drunk the kool-aid for Trump YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #6
"straight d" means they're even voting d for local races. unblock Nov 2018 #7
Exactly. It's a total repudiation of Trump's republican party and his enablers in elected office YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #8
My college friends California_Republic Nov 2018 #4

unblock

(52,196 posts)
2. r's voting *straight* d is impressive.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:44 PM
Nov 2018

it's one thing for a republican to vote for one democrat but otherwise republican.

it's quite a thing for republicans -- known for their loyalty -- to vote for democrats across the entire ballot.


donnie really has done a lot of damage to the brand. he's fired up a lot of people who were always going to vote republican, but pissed off and motivated a huge portion of the country.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
3. They are voting for a check on tRump.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:47 PM
Nov 2018

They probably feel he’ll straighten up if there’s a chrck on him. They see Congress doing nothing to stop him.

They can feel good that they still hold the presidency but that they needed a check on the orangutan in the WH.

unblock

(52,196 posts)
5. yes, 2020 will be very interesting in many ways.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:49 PM
Nov 2018

if donnie actually gets the nomination, it will be interesting to see how these republicans react.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
6. These are republicans who haven't drunk the kool-aid for Trump
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:49 PM
Nov 2018

They want something like the old Republican party back and know that the current House and Senate are complete Trumpublicans.

unblock

(52,196 posts)
7. "straight d" means they're even voting d for local races.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:51 PM
Nov 2018

they're not just repudiating donnie.
they're saying the entire republican party has left them.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
8. Exactly. It's a total repudiation of Trump's republican party and his enablers in elected office
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 03:01 PM
Nov 2018

Some conservatives are advocating voting as many republicans out of office as possible, because Trump is so bad for the party and the country that he has to be stopped.

So many of the current office holders are suck ups that Max Boot and Bill Kristol say vote all of them out. Then, maybe, the party can regroup into something other than a bunch of racists.

California_Republic

(1,826 posts)
4. My college friends
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:49 PM
Nov 2018

My college friends are a conservative group
One of the five switch to straight Democratic ticket.

The others were replying with lines from Fox News,
FBI is dirty, etc

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