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U.S. Chat: Have you and your friends/relatives decided how they'll vote? Would different candidates matter? (self.politics)

submitted 4 months ago by memfree to c/politics

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I'm trying to figure out if anyone would change their vote if there were different candidates, and what sorts of people fall into which categories: Always a D or R, depends on the situation/person (let us know what matters), sitting this one out, used to sit out but voting this time, or other (please explain). More than just the people here, I'm curious about any other people who you know vote in particular ways.

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

I'm a reliable voter. I vote in ever state and national election (but not local ones, because my residence is weird; my address is technically in one county, but the town my address is in is in a different county, so I wouldn't have any political connection with the local races that I can vote in).

It would take a very unique (R) for me to vote (R). Given their traditional policy positions that are pro-business, anti-choice, etc., I'm not sure who could even go that way. I suppose I could be convinced to vote for a libertarian running as an (R) if they were able to make a case that they stood for strong individual liberty protections while also supporting strong regulations on businesses.

On the other hand, there are definitely (D) candidates that I would simply not vote for at all, like any (D) that was anti-choice.

Prior to 2016, my parents were 100% (R); they've switched almost entirely to (D) after seeing how radically the party shifted.