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kentuck

(111,052 posts)
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:57 PM Oct 2017

Would you ever think of changing your registration to vote against Trump in a primary?

Just to help retire his deplorable butt?

And then switch back before the general election?

Can you think of anything that would scare him more right now? Even more than Bob Mueller?

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Would you ever think of changing your registration to vote against Trump in a primary? (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2017 OP
Interesting thought, but no onecaliberal Oct 2017 #1
Fuck, no. Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #2
I understand "all's fair in politics," but I don't think that is something I'd be interested in. Hoyt Oct 2017 #3
I am not a registered Democrat. demmiblue Oct 2017 #4
Please saidsimplesimon Oct 2017 #5
I guess some folks might be OK with 7 more years of Trump? kentuck Oct 2017 #6
... demmiblue Oct 2017 #8
If we dont win the house in 2018 Exultant Democracy Oct 2017 #7
No -- let the Repubs do the work of improving their own ticket struggle4progress Oct 2017 #9
i would do it trueblue2007 Oct 2017 #10
GOP'ers do, as part of their "Win!" tactics. I've seen it Aimee in OKC Oct 2017 #16
well i'm a liberal Democrat and I CAN'T STAND DONALD RUMP. trueblue2007 Oct 2017 #18
No. octoberlib Oct 2017 #11
No. My state has open primaries. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #12
We don't register in Virginia. ileus Oct 2017 #13
We don't register as being in a party in Texas vlyons Oct 2017 #14
Yes. However Oregon has a closed primary, so it is unlikely that it would be worth it. CentralMass Oct 2017 #15
Being a registered Republican would haunt me forever. Sneederbunk Oct 2017 #17

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
2. Fuck, no.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:59 PM
Oct 2017

I hate the motherfucker with the heat of a thousand O-type main sequence stars, and I want everyone to know that. I wouldn't give anyone the satisfaction of thinking that I might prefer that rat bastard to anyone, even Satan himself.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. I understand "all's fair in politics," but I don't think that is something I'd be interested in.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:01 PM
Oct 2017

demmiblue

(36,823 posts)
4. I am not a registered Democrat.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:02 PM
Oct 2017

I am not a registered anything, for that matter.

Edit: I live in Michigan, no registration. And the hell if I would mark my ballot for any republican, much less Trump.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
5. Please
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:03 PM
Oct 2017

let him be impeached or resigned before 2019. Yes, I would interfere in a repug primary, but only if it would affect the outcome and the Democratic candidate would benefit.

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
6. I guess some folks might be OK with 7 more years of Trump?
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:04 PM
Oct 2017

Not even willing to think about voting against him in a primary?

Exultant Democracy

(6,594 posts)
7. If we dont win the house in 2018
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:05 PM
Oct 2017

Then we have to look at the break the glass only in an emergency option. Every Democrat should register at a republican and vote for whichever republican will get us back into the Paris accords.(in the primary) However when you play a game like this you have to understand that if they win a primary there is a very real chance they win the White House too.

Like I want a lot of things, I want birth control and rights for women and minorities like myself. But these republicans have the world in their hands, another generation can win all the other fights if they have too. We have to win the climate fight to even give them a chance.

Aimee in OKC

(158 posts)
16. GOP'ers do, as part of their "Win!" tactics. I've seen it
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:35 PM
Oct 2017

while staffing a voter registration tent Memorial Day weekend 2004. Two separate times women stopped by to fill out the cards to switch back to GOP. Both were very upfront about having changed to Democratic registration ONLY to vote in the February primary. I just gritted my teeth at their lack of honor in what I thought of as cheating, and turned the paperwork in properly. Given their win-at-any-cost outlook, I always wonder how often in that​ situation GOP'ers simply trash any forms except for those of their own party.

trueblue2007

(17,193 posts)
18. well i'm a liberal Democrat and I CAN'T STAND DONALD RUMP.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 01:49 PM
Oct 2017

i won't write anything stronger than .... Can't stand but you get the idea.
he is a evil evil man.

Anti-Christ type evil.

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
12. No. My state has open primaries.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:11 PM
Oct 2017

And, if it didn't, I wouldn't do so, anyway. I don't vote for republicans, even strategically. Let Frankenstein deal with their monster themselves.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
13. We don't register in Virginia.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:11 PM
Oct 2017

However when I lived in WV I was always a registered democrat, and there's zero chance I'd register GOP for any reason. I'll get my chance to vote against their ilk.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
14. We don't register as being in a party in Texas
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:14 PM
Oct 2017

In the primary, we are asked if we want a Dem or GOP ballot. If there is a subsequent run-off election, we have to stay with the party of which ever ballot we voted previously. There are too many other races to switch my ballot for just 1 candidate.

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