How many DUers have voted Repug?

[xultar]

Just a show of hands...you only have to reveal your identity if you want.

Have you ever voted repug?

[JohnKleeb]

1. no I havent then again Ive never voted

Now before people who dont know how old I am shout me down as apathenic or a green, I am just 16.

[goobergunch]

2. What he said (n/t)

[Kathleen04]

15. Same for me..

I'm 17..will be voting for the first time in the general election. But, I'm influencing my parents' primary vote. :)

[karlschneider]

21. You're cool, Kleeber!

:D

[JohnKleeb]

38. I try its hard though

I'd vote socialist before I would GOP.

[Sapphocrat]

57. JohnKleeb!

I knew you were young(er), but... my God! You amaze me, buddy -- I had no idea you were just 16. (That's a major compliment.) I've known some smart young people in my time, but you really knock me out.

It's the rare young adult like you who restores my hope in the future of this country. Most seriously.

While it may be illegal in all 50 states, I raise my glass to you!
:toast:

[JohnLocke]

3. Only for Sheriff

Nothing else.

[scottcsmith]

4. I voted Republican while I was in the military

My first presidential vote was for George H.W. Bush.

I drifted to the left right after getting out of the military in '92.

[xultar]

8. Did you feel like you needed to vote repug cuz you were

in the military?

[Padraig18]

5. Do non-partisan elections count?

I voted for a Republican for village board, but it's a non-partisan race. But that's the only time ever, I swear. :P

[xJlM]

6. I won't vote, before voting for swine

On the local judgeships, sometimes an old repug is in the running who has no other candidate running against him. So I can't even cast my vote for his opponent in futile.

[vdeputy]

7. Only in local elections

Sheriff, Mayor, City Council - races where I personally knew all the candidates - never in a Presidential election. I currently work for a Repub Sheriff.

[dobak]

9. no

But I probably would have if I had been old enough in 1992. I admit that I would have voted for Bush Sr.

I was a stupid 17 year old and I thought the Gulf War was cool.

I grew up and voted Democrat in 1996 and 2000

The only party that I have voted for besides Democrat is Green, and that was only for local and state office.

[onebigbadwulf]

10. However

I would have voted for Powell before the Bush 2 era

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. Voted for McCain in the 2000 primary.

Just to vote against that idiotic criminal piece of shit Bush Jr.

[xultar]

27. I liked McCain alot. I voted for Gore but I had serious problems

with him. One big problem was Tipper. I thought of McCain as an alternative. I'd much rather have had McCain than Bush.

[OKNancy]

12. I voted for JC Watts for Corporation Commission

That was before I knew what a skunk he was. I thought, well he was a good football player at OU, and his family was all Democrats, so I thought 'how bad can he be?'

Never made that mistake again.

[Ksec]

13. never have never will

repigs dont have my interests covered. The Dems do.

[shanti]

39. exactly!

i agree

[SteveG]

14. Never voted for a Repug President... but

I have voted for several Republicans at the
State and local level. I will vote for Mike Castle, since he really irritates the likes of Tom Delay (and the Dems in De won't put up anyone credible to go against him...) and I vote routinely for my County Councilman a Republican, who is far Greener than any of the Dems who have run against him - and when I say far... I mean FFFAAAARRRR Greener (He is even Greener than the Delaware State Green Party)

[Pastiche423]

16. Never for repug

But have voted Green.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Never, ever

would I vote for a republican.

[AlinPA]

18. Never. My Dad never did and

my father-in-law never did. (both coal miners).

[karlschneider]

19. Just read the replies and must say I'm pleasantly surprised how many young

folks we have here in our progressive enclave! I confess I did vote R many years ago (for Goldwater. Yep, I'm an old phart)...I was in the Air Force and was right on the verge of shuffling off 20 years of right-wing indoctrination by my neo-nazi father. To my shame, I embraced many of his bigoted, racist, antisemitic views far too long.
I'm a quick study in most areas, but was too intimidated to realize my own failure to grasp simple truths back then.

Hopefully, better late than never...
:eyes:

[MrsMatt]

20. Reagan in 1980

But then I was barely 18, in high school and heavily influenced by my father's politcs. Thankfully, I went on to attend a liberal arts college and learned something about life.

p.s. I was so indoctrinated, I actually sent Nixon a note of admiration when I was in 5th grade (hey, I was pretty impressed with the China trip). It is rather embarssing now, especially when I recall bringing the response I got from Ron Ziegler to share with my class!

[aquart]

22. For Giuliani once. For Lindsay.

[KamaAina]

23. But... but... it was against Lieberman! Is that OK?

Besides, Weicker left the Repuke party shortly thereafter and was elected Governor of Conn. on the "A Connecticut Party" ticket.

[BootinUp]

24. Once

Reagan 1980, first election I could vote in, things not going well for Carter, me brainwashed....Well there you go again. :eyes:

[Indiana_Dem]

25. You could probably call me a yellowdog democrat......

I only went off course once and I can't remember which year. I wrote in Ralph Nader one year because he wasn't on the ballot. I don't think it was last time. I was a little less informed back then and I was disgruntled with the Dems as much as the Repugs. I saw Nader speak on TV quite a bit and I liked what he was saying. He made sense, so I voted my heart. This time I will be voting to get Bush out of office no matter who wins the primary.

But vote for a Repug? NEVER. My grandfather is a veteran local Democrat politician. About 20 years of offices in the city. Never lost a race. We never will vote repug for president.

[Zynx]

26. My family and I used to lean Republican, but we were turned off by Bush.

So we became Democrats.

[catzies]

29. And we are happy you came to DU, too. Belated welcome!

:hi:

[Eric J in MN]

36. Zynx - what about Bush? (nt)

nt

[Zynx]

63. "W'. We just couldn't stand him or the right-wingers he represented.

We used to be very liberal Republicans anyway so it wasn't much of a switch.

[Fixated]

28. Nope.

But I only voted once - this year. Hey, I just turned 18.

[Palacsinta]

30. Voted for Goldwater

In 8th grade Civics class mock election,'cause my Dad told me to. Have voted Democratic ever since Jimmy Carter. (my first election)

[Skittles]

31. NO; ABSOLUTELY F***ING NOT

NEVER, EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER.

These people goose-step in tune to each other. No f***ing way would I EVER vote for one.

[sleepyhead]

33. Yeah, what Skittles said

never never never never never never never!

[Zorra]

37. Yeah, what skittles and sleepyhead said...

Voting for a reptilican is an undemocratic act of treason - not to the Democratic party, but to America itself.

I absolutely am horrified at how many DUers have voted for a reptilican. Aaaaaargh!

I finally fully understand why our country is in this gigantic mess.

:dem:KUCINICH:dem:

[Clark Can WIN]

43. Do you expect to win without Republican votes?

Do you expect republicans to cast a vote for a Democratic candidate?

Do you think this "us against them" "with us or against us" mentality is producing good results in this country?

I don't. I'd like to believe at least some of your average, run of the mill walking around Republicans are actual human beings too. At least before the brain washing of the W brigade. Some of them are starting to wake up and come around. I'd like to give them somewhere to go with their vote.

If all you are willing to see are R's and D's how do you expect them to see us?

[Zorra]

50. It's not R's and D's

it's what republicans do. What good do they do for me, my people, or my land? What good have they ever done? None. Right from the very beginning of this country, republicans (first known as Federalists) have worked ceaselessly to take power away from the American people and give it to the aristocracy and big business. As far as I am concerned, you have to be brainwashed in order to vote republican unless you are conscienceless. Republicans consistently trash the environment, resist constructive social change, restrict civil liberties, favor business interests over those of individuals, etc., ad nauseum, ad infinitum.

Republicans have consistently prevented my country from evolving into a sane, safe, environmentally clean nation that provides every one of its citizens with the opportunity to advance personally and economically. Republicans don't even want every child to have the opportunity for decent healthcare, for god's sake. You want me to respect them for this? Not!

Is the us against them mentality producing good results in this country? Absolutely. If it weren't for Democrats preventing republicans from destroying the environment, restricting civil liberties, and limiting opportunity for those who were not born with a silver spoon in their mouth, the country would already be a toxic wasteland with a fascist feudalist government. It's up to me and every other Democrat to prevent republicans from literally destroying the world. The brainwashing didn't just start with Bush. Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Take your pick. Every one of them was hellbent on making this a far worse country for the majority of the Americans to live in. Every one of them sucked as a leader, and not a one of them did a GD single good thing for the people of this country.

And yes, if there are some honest to god average republicans walking around who are actual human beings, and they are going to vote Democrat, I welcome them.

I am very glad that they have awoken to their humanity.

:dem:KUCINICH:dem:

[Eloriel]

32. NEVER -- except when I voted for Clinton twice, and of course

Zell Miller for Senator before I realized his body had been taken over by aliens.

Eloriel

[tom_paine]

34. Prior to the Attempted Coup of 1998, I cast many Repug votes

After the Gingrich Takeover in 1994, that number dwindled on the national level, though I continued to evaluated individual races by the person, not the Party. In 1998 and 2000. when it was revealed that the Republican Party was no more, replaced by the Imperial Bushevik Party (though in 1998 Caeser had not yet tipped his hand), I vowed to NEVER AGAIN FEED THE BEAST.

As a moderate, I am often conflicted about this. There are more than a few issues that I agreed with Republicans on, and sometimes wish that party still existed so that I could vote with/for them again on issues I agree with the conservative viewpoint.

But the Republican Party is no more, the conservative viewpoint is no more, all subsumed in Loyalty to Fuhrer and the Party-Loyal Right-Wing Sub-Media's Bushevik vision of orthodoxy, which clings to no principle but power, no truth but how many lies can be successfully told.

[THUNDER HANDS]

35. I voted for Bob Dole

but only because I liked the Dole impersonator on Conan O'Brien better than the Clinton impersonator.

Of course, it was only later that I learned they were both voiced by the same guy.

[tom_paine]

40. Nice to see you cast informed votes, Magic Rat

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[Hippo_Tron]

52. LOL...

I'd have to say I do like Bob Dole, but I would NEVER vote to have him replace Clinton.

[sendero]

41. To my everlasting shame...

... I voted for Reagan twice. By 1986, I realized I was wrong. In national elections, I haven't voted Rep since.

However, for Dallas mayor in the last election, I had to vote for the Rep. She (Laura Miller) has impressed me several times - I don't always agree with her but she works on reasonable convictions and seems to have the whole city in mind with her actions. It didn't help that the Dem that opposed her was a good-old-boy-Dallas-biz lackey like Ron Kirk who preceeded him.

[Clark Can WIN]

42. I voted for Chuck Hagel

he's one of the most moderate Republicans on the planet. Plus he criticizes George W. just about every time his face is on TV. So I guess it was a pretty good call.

[raysr]

45. Reagan

Never paid any attention to politics for YEARS. Voted the way my Dad always did, R. Voted for Reagan first term, starved and never voted R again or listened to anything my dad said again.

[dae]

44. I voted against Carter not for Reagan, does that count?

:)

[Hippo_Tron]

53. You mean for Ted Kennedy? n/t

[Zynx]

64. Nope. I think he voted for Anderson.

[Kinkistyle]

46. Republican -> Libertarian -> Democrat

Was a Republican when I was in High School (mainly the product of a conservative family and a conservative neighborhood). So I voted Repug as an 18-yr old, then switched to Libertarian when I went to college. I should note that I was heavily influenced by my business school education, Howard Stern, and also issues like drug legalization. Officially turned Democrat in 2000.

[SiobhanClancy]

47. I vote for a Repug sheriff down in the Keys...

not once,but several times. The Dems never ran a credible candidate against him,and he did a fairly good job...so..no regrets on that one.

[JohnKleeb]

48. You lived in the Keys?

Ive been down there Clancy, its very nice. sigh too bad its not closer. I went down there to see my aunt and uncle, its so nice.

[Lady President]

49. A few times

I've never voted for a Republican president, but I have for local elections. I think voting is a responsibility and I try to vote for the best candidate. I've voted for a couple Republican backed judges with more experienced and who have reputations for fairness. If it's a close call, then I'll vote Dem.

I'm expecting voters to look beyond party lines and vote for the Dem. presidential nominee next Nov. It's only fair for us to look at the credentials of all the candidates who run for office too.

[vision]

51. I have

I lived in KS for years and did vote rep once in awhile but never for something more than a local level. On the state and national level it has been Dem.

[HEyHEY]

54. O won't Vote in the poll but

When I was young and stupid I voted Reform Party (Canada).

[Piperay]

55. I voted repug when I was a repug

which included voting for Nixon and for Ford. After I became a Democrat I have NEVER voted for a repuke again. :kick:

[Enjolras]

56. I voted for my GOP governor -- twice

I have voted for Republican Bob Taft twice for governor of Ohio. But, before you slam me and ban me from the site, you must understand that he really had no credible competition anyway, especially the 2nd time. Ohio is a Democrat-starved state, it's nearly impossible to find electable Democratic candidates. (We've tried hard to get my Rep., Marcy Kaptur, to run for Senate, but she just ain't interested :-( )

Besides, Taft is really quite moderate, anyway. In a middle-of-the-road state which, for whatever reason, has no serious Democratic competition, he could be almost as conservative as he wants. Yet, the Religious Reich doesn't like him, the NRA doesn't trust him, and the Teamsters endorsed him. He picked a moderate, black, pro-choice city councilwoman from Columbus to run as his Lt. Governor. All of this says something about him. In Georgia or Alabama or S. Carolina, he could easily pass for a Democrat.

[Romberry]

58. Once. In 1980 when I was nineteen...

...I voted for Ronald Reagan. By 1984 I had learned my lesson.

[rbnyc]

59. OMG!!!!

Why so many? Where am I?

:wtf:

[formactv]

60. I voted for Nixon in '72

but I didn't inhale. I was a 19 year old contrarian.

[smallprint]

61. Good Lord.

I expected a few people to have voted for Repugs, not half of DU.

:wtf:

[11 Bravo]

62. Once.

A moderate republican candidate for the Board of Supervisors. I had known him for years and coached his son in Little League.

[Tinoire]

65. Good God!

This explains... a lot.

[BuckeFushe]

66. Not in this lifetime, or the next

[elperromagico]

67. Yeah, I have. Why?

'Cause I'm a fuckin' IDIOT!!!

[maddezmom]

68. yeah, what elperromagico said

n/t

[teevee]

69. anyone who votes a straight party ticket

out of blind partisan ideology is an uneducated voter. My Grandma does that and she never graduated high school.

There are moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats who can get way more done for both parties by being so.

it's just more productive...and more in line with the rest of the country. That's why Clark is the man to beat Bush in 04!