Will you ever vote Republican Again or At All?

[kroberts2131]

A third party vote is like throwing your voice over the cliff.

No sir. A third party is casting your vote for the candidate or option you feel best about.

 

[MilitantBEEMER]

I vote for the individual not the party. It just happens that the Republican party most closely aligns with my conservative christian values.
Pro God, Pro Life, Pro Family, Pro 2A and Pro Freedom. I also prefer limited government, unfortunately the probability of that is quickly slipping away.

 

[ithrowicecubes]

Y'all can come join me as Independents. I left the Republican party back in the early 2000s.

 

[Rez Exelon]

I think it is less a case of being "rigged but more a case of voters not taking the time to actually learn about the incumbent and challengers. Far too many folks believe that elections are "rigged" so why bother.

I think we're pretty close on this point but I personally think it's much more that people get comfortable with incumbents. Not that they think it's rigged (at that level). Because it's much easier to be lazy and just kind of go with it. Same reason I hate that our state has a party line vote option. There should be NO party line option. If someone wants to vote all Rep or all Dem then sure. But the pure laziness of just hitting a check box is disgraceful considering it's like 7 seconds to hit all the checkboxes on the ballot.

Maybe. Not an angle I’ve considered much.

It's the same principle of rooting against things. Like I don't give too much of a crap about NFL but I'll always root against the Pats. I don't watch MLB but I'll always root against the Yankees. People get motivated by spite or by wanting the fight much easier than wanting the feel good thing. It's why most wars are always rooted in dividing people into sides.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Dumb question

 

[tRidiot]

It's the same principle of rooting against things. Like I don't give too much of a crap about NFL but I'll always root against the Pats. I don't watch MLB but I'll always root against the Yankees. People get motivated by spite or by wanting the fight much easier than wanting the feel good thing. It's why most wars are always rooted in dividing people into sides.

Identity politics... the hope of extremists.

 

[p238shooter]

After watching this election in as much detail as much as I could find in many places, I really do not there will ever be a fair election in the future of America no matter who you vote for. So many things on video, so many responsible people willing to swear under oath risking their reputation, jobs, and in some cases their lives to support American freedom and it was all ignored by the powers that be against them and Trump, totally orchestrated, and still going on today stronger than ever because they hope he will soon be out of the way. If you support our constitution as it was written, you have to be silenced one way or another.

No I do not feel trump was a Republican. In my opinion Trump started out as a Conservative American who truly believed in American values and our Constitution, not as an Independent or Republican. The Republicans scooped him up in order to not dilute their vote and planned on throwing him under the bus to elect Jeb Bush, and Trump out foxed them.

As for comments about Trump's mouth getting him in trouble. He says what he thinks, not political mumbo jumbo BS. Many people can not handle the truth he states. His opposition turns that into what ever they can twist negative. Even professional meetings with accurate professional statements he males are twisted and taken out of context or are just made up lies that he never said ******** by the media.

None of us will ever have a perfect candidate, but I hope some here will take a look at what is happening and what is planned to be coming toward you in the near future and compare that with what trump has accomplished that will be torn down in the near future to think about. As Trump was thanking everyone at our southern boarder still promoting the building the wall, Biden was stating plans to stop construction on the wall and opening up passageways. to make it basically open again.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

I’m sure there will always be a fairly large group that will always believe that any election is rigged, no matter what lack of actual evidence there may be. We just have a lot of folks that just want to believe that the “government” is crooked and wants to take all their rights away.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

That concept can have two sides.
Those that are elected in perpetuity like Mitch McConnel or our own Inhofe hold important positions in DC can direct money and support to things like Tinker AFB or fight to shut bases/businesses down by offering incentives.
It's a dirty job they do, but their every waking moment in politics is, how am I going to get reelected and how much can I do to my constituents to make that happen.
We benefit in some ways but create a swamp in the process.
What do we do now?

The hardest choices require the strongest wills.

 

[Rez Exelon]

I’m sure there will always be a fairly large group that will always believe that any election is rigged, no matter what lack of actual evidence there may be. We just have a lot of folks that just want to believe that the “government” is crooked and wants to take all their rights away.

And one of the trickiest things is the balance of the fact that in some ways they are right, some they are wrong. Finding where that line is would be like finding El Dorado I think. It'd be awesome though because then people could focus all the time, energy and resource to combating ACTUAL threats to liberties rather than the perceived ones.