• shastaxc@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Yeah the real surprise is why they are still registered with the Republican party when the party leaders clearly have thrown their support behind him.

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      2 years ago

      Because they find voting Democrat to be more distasteful, for whatever reason. I have to imagine the people who swing the swing states have to be a really interesting mix of uninformed and having close relationships with people from both major parties. Like they only know the ideas at super high levels, basically just the slogans and spokespeople. It’s all vibes.

      Or I could be way off, I dunno. World’s a wacky place

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        You can only vote in the primarys if you are registered with the party having the primary.

        They probably want to keep being able to vote within the Republican party.

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              Perhaps my point didn’t come across. I’m not trying to explain why a swing voter would stay in one party. I was trying to understand what might cause someone in the US in today’s world to be the kind of person who could feasibly vote for either party when they are wildly different on the major topics in the zeitgeist.