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Related: About this forumCiting Trump, some Republican women to vote Democratic in Ohio election
REUTERS/ Tim Reid JULY 27, 2018 / 5:05 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Becky von Zastrow often votes Republican in her affluent central Ohio suburb - but her dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump has convinced her to back the Democrat in a special-election test for both parties next month.
Her change of heart, reinforced by Trumps handling of last weeks Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, could bode well for Democrat Danny OConnor, a 31-year-old local officeholder running for an Ohio congressional seat Republicans have held since 1982.
In interviews with a dozen women, mostly Republicans, in the Midwestern states 12th Congressional District, several said they would buck their voting habits to support the Democratic candidate on Aug. 7, citing Trump as a major factor. Others said they disapproved of the presidents behavior but had yet to make up their minds about the congressional contest.
For von Zastrow and several other women in the Ohio district, Trumps refusal at a July 16 news conference with Putin to criticize Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election affirmed their decisions.
Her change of heart, reinforced by Trumps handling of last weeks Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, could bode well for Democrat Danny OConnor, a 31-year-old local officeholder running for an Ohio congressional seat Republicans have held since 1982.
In interviews with a dozen women, mostly Republicans, in the Midwestern states 12th Congressional District, several said they would buck their voting habits to support the Democratic candidate on Aug. 7, citing Trump as a major factor. Others said they disapproved of the presidents behavior but had yet to make up their minds about the congressional contest.
For von Zastrow and several other women in the Ohio district, Trumps refusal at a July 16 news conference with Putin to criticize Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election affirmed their decisions.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ohio/citing-trump-some-republican-women-to-vote-democratic-in-ohio-election-idUSKBN1KH13V
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Citing Trump, some Republican women to vote Democratic in Ohio election (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Jul 2018
OP
For as long as I live I will never understand how a woman could ever vote republican
liberal N proud
Jul 2018
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JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)1. As long as we remember
When the chips are really down, they weren't trust worthy - I will thank them for voting Blue . . . this time.
liberal N proud
(60,301 posts)2. For as long as I live I will never understand how a woman could ever vote republican