If Trump is still here in 2020, I'm voting in the Republican primary

[sarah FAILIN]

Whoever tries to primary him will get my vote. If he is still here the Republicans that will stand against him will need all the help they can get. I'm going to trust the dem ticket to work itself out.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Cannot do that.

I live in Oklahoma, I have thought more than once, I should register as a Republican so I can actually cast a vote that matters in the primary and the general, but I just can't do it. It is dishonest.

[sarah FAILIN]

4. We don't register

I've voted against the worst choice before then voted for my choice in the General. This time I feel like we have to fight at every opportunity.

The rest of you do as you feel is best.

[MuseRider]

11. I don't see that.

If it is available to do that then there is nothing dishonest about it. If either party did not want that it would not be open. I did that once when there was a particularly heinous state legislator that needed to be gone. Lots and lots of Democrats did and it worked. You can change your party status at the primaries if you want here. I get what you are saying but I figure they all know that sometimes jockying with the parties is needed. I would prefer not to do it but in the case of Trump I might be convinced.

[redstatebluegirl]

18. I am not a Bernie person, I am not far left. I know that is not popular here but that is who

I am. I don't agree with the faction who wants change no matter what the consequences.

[MuseRider]

24. Bernie?

What? This has nothing to do with Bernie. I am not sure what you mean and I don't want what I think you might mean to be true so let's just leave it there so this thread can move on with the correct discussion ok?

[Hortensis]

28. Yes, but acting as spoilers throwing elections with disastrous,

self destructive consequences is not the only motivation or result of registering and voting for candidates in the "other" party.

Our deep south district is measured as among the reddest in the entire nation. Democrats never win here, and Republicans will take office. In this era we have literally never seen one I would want to give government power to, but we usually find candidates who seem at least somewhat better choices than the right-wing extremists they're running against. Some could probably be decent legislators in an environment that allowed it, not that we have that.

We see voting for Republicans we believe would do less harm as both a duty and a moral position and as a valid way to have our say in who will be given power.

[demosincebirth]

39. You must be a democrat, right on.

[still_one]

29. If you leave in a state with open primaries you sure can do it

[Pope George Ringo II]

37. If the primary is the real election, I'd suggest that it's the only way to make your vote count.

You're entitled to have your vote count.

(I vote against Kevin Brady every primary...)

[Shell_Seas]

2. Too many hypotheticals this early for a strategy like that.

Although, not a bad idea.

[sarah FAILIN]

5. I'm hoping he is in jail and long gone

But I doubt it happening.

[Shell_Seas]

14. I'm hoping right there with you.

[Vinca]

3. Good idea. I live in NH and I can do that.

[JCanete]

6. Well I was wrong last time around, but I'd say given Trump's numbers and more time for them

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to get even worse - now that his economy is also starting to suck along with every other shitty thing about him - that he's a shoe-in to lose in 2020. Im not sure why we'd want to fight against a candidate with less baggage in the GE.

[sarah FAILIN]

7. Ms elected someone that is a racist yesterday

I'm surrounded by the type that elected her and have zero faith in their ability to see the light or vote in their own best interests. Just because they should have better sense doesn't mean they will. Simply put, his supporters are rabid lunatics.
I know you are right though.

[Garrett78]

8. Fortunately, all we need to do is put MI, PA and WI back in our column.

[exboyfil]

31. All we have to do?

Easier said than done.

[Garrett78]

36. I think 2016 was essentially a fluke. Aided by Comey, 30 years of anti-Clinton attacks, etc.

And all 3 states were super close. I expect them to be blue again in 2020. We already made progress in those states this month.

Other states we can put in play: FL, NC, AZ, GA, OH.

The days of a candidate winning 400 electoral votes are long gone, but Obama's 365 from 2008 is within reach.

[samnsara]

9. we have caucuses and no way am i going into a gym full of trumpers

[sarah FAILIN]

10. I pity y'all

I wouldn't want to have to vote like that even as a dem.

[demmiblue]

12. I could do the same thing in Michigan, but I have integrity (so I won't). n/t

[sarah FAILIN]

15. Well aren't you special.

[demmiblue]

16. Yes, yes I am.

Bless your heart.

[sarah FAILIN]

19. Goodbye.

[demmiblue]

20. Are you going somewhere?

Have a nice time!

[MaryMagdaline]

30. Sarah you have my blessing to do what you can for your country

It is absolutely NOT improper to vote in the other party’s primary to try to get rid of Hitler. You’re saying you can live with any Dem, but you need to use the power of your vote for the most good it will do. Since we have a binary system, winner take all, you may be right to vote that way. Not that you need my approval, but I definitely appreciate your efforts to maximize the power of your vote.

[In It to Win It]

13. I thought about doing that...

...and this is assuming Trump gets primaried in 2020

[WillowTree]

17. That's certainly your perogative, but........

.......then don't complain if you're less that pleased with whomever gets the Democratic nomination.

[TeamPooka]

21. The correct way to oppose Trump is to support the Democratric Party and its candidates.

Don't swim in the sewer.

[demmiblue]

27. +1

[NewJeffCT]

22. Back in 2008, my wife worked with a guy

that changed his voter registration to Democrat from Republican just to vote against Hillary Clinton in the primaries. In Connecticut, you need to do this several months in advance if you change parties to prevent too many shenanigans like that.

[FakeNoose]

26. That's when I joined the Democratic Party

... for the express reason of voting FOR Hillary in the primary!

Funny how things work out.

[FakeNoose]

23. I see nothing underhanded in this plan

... and I know for a fact that the GOP has been doing this to Dems for years.

However each state is different and in PA we can only vote in the primary in the party in which we are registered. For a very long time I was registered independent, and I was never able to vote in the primary at all. I guess maybe in your state it's a little different.

[dembotoz]

25. in may state you do not have to declare but you can only vote for one party on the primary ballot

have pondered doing this from time to time just to screw with the gop but i never have

there is always somebody on the dem side in a race i care about

[elocs]

32. The odds of Trump not being here as president in 2020

are about the same for him getting sucked into a parallel dimension or being a victim of spontaneous human combustion.
And except for in DU Fantasy Land, Trump is not going to be impeached and convicted, he is not going to resign, and he is not going to be marched off to a federal prison in an orange jumpsuit.

I'm in Wisconsin so I can vote in whatever primary I please, and I expect a lot of candidates in the Democratic primary, but even if that were not true I'd be damned if I ever cast a vote for Donald Trump.

Who thinks that the best Democratic candidate doesn't need all the help they can get?
Trump will easily be the Republican party nominee for president, and with the Supreme Court firmly in his pocket and the GOP controlling the Senate he can easily drag out anything for 2 years with 1 hand tied behind his back.

[sarah FAILIN]

34. I wouldn't vote for Trump either.

I'm going to vote for the person running against him in the primary.

[elocs]

38. I meant that I wouldn't vote in the Republican primary

when there is likely to be a robust Democratic primary because Trump will get the nomination regardless.

[exboyfil]

33. Unintended consequences

I wonder how many thought I will give it a go in 2016 because Trump is unelectable. If Kasich had been nominated, I am not entirely convinced that Clinton would have won. There was an incumbent head wind.

[LeftInTX]

35. If you live in a red area think of the down ballot

The primary is where decisions are made in red areas. Pic the sane one.

My husband usually votes in Republican primaries to keep Tea Party candidates off the general election ballot. He's an educator. He's always trying to get one guy off the State Board of Education.

You vote has higher weight in local elections.