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Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:44 AM Sep 2016

Anybody know any Repubs that will vote for Hillary?

I'm looking for unusual stories.
Maybe a close friend or family member who has never voted for a Democrat before.
Or just someone you know that is so repulsed by Trump that they will vote against him.

I have a Republican brother who has ruled out Trump.
Ruled out Johnson after his Aleppo comment.
Would never consider Stein or Hillary.
Will go vote for all Repubs on ballot and either leave Prez line blank or write in Jeb Bush.

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Anybody know any Repubs that will vote for Hillary? (Original Post) Funtatlaguy Sep 2016 OP
No, but I know a few who won't Peigan68 Sep 2016 #1
No, but I know a few who won't vote for Trump. tavernier Sep 2016 #2
Many. Mostly older women but a few men. nt DURHAM D Sep 2016 #3
Do you have a story Funtatlaguy Sep 2016 #5
They are all Methodists. DURHAM D Sep 2016 #17
Hahahahahaaaaaaa...... Funtatlaguy Sep 2016 #18
Yes, a young engineer (co-worker) that consideres herself conservative etherealtruth Sep 2016 #4
Yeah for your engineer friend. Funtatlaguy Sep 2016 #6
:-) etherealtruth Sep 2016 #9
Not yet inwiththenew Sep 2016 #7
So true. Funtatlaguy Sep 2016 #8
My daughter in law hates Trump. I think she will vote for Hillsry. s-cubed Sep 2016 #10
Forced Birther is brilliant Funtatlaguy Sep 2016 #12
At least one Mme. Defarge Sep 2016 #11
Yes, several actually Old Terp Sep 2016 #13
I have cousins in Michigan who won't vote for Trump ... Onlooker Sep 2016 #14
I'm phone banking for the HRC campaign meow2u3 Sep 2016 #15
Yes, a friend in NC, swore he never would until faced with Trump. nt BootinUp Sep 2016 #16
Yes, but he's a guy who's not a rabid nutcase. He's a regular conservative Nay Sep 2016 #19
Papa Bush :) MyNameIsKhan Sep 2016 #20
A few business owners I know. Dawson Leery Sep 2016 #21
Yep I know a few, conservative republicans too FreeState Sep 2016 #22
Quite a few unitedwethrive Sep 2016 #23

tavernier

(12,377 posts)
2. No, but I know a few who won't vote for Trump.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:54 AM
Sep 2016

Not sure if they will go Johnson, but most lean to write in or skipping this election.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
17. They are all Methodists.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:30 AM
Sep 2016

I just talk with them about a 12 year old Hillary joining the church and hearing the words of John Wesley (short hand version) to -

"Do all that you can, for as many as you can, in as many ways as you can, for as long as you can."

Gets them every time.

It is who she is and who she has always been.

Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)
18. Hahahahahaaaaaaa......
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:52 AM
Sep 2016

Just reading ur title line, I was thinking is this the start of a joke....
A group of Methodists walk into a bar and see a Priest and a Rabbi......hahaha....

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
4. Yes, a young engineer (co-worker) that consideres herself conservative
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:02 AM
Sep 2016

.... has made it perfectly clear that the short fingered vulgarian poses a danger ... she finds voting for Clinton a far (safer) choice

inwiththenew

(972 posts)
7. Not yet
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:07 AM
Sep 2016

The amount of hatred for everything Clinton on the right is deeply ingrained. We are talking 25+ years that this fire has been stoked.

Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)
8. So true.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:11 AM
Sep 2016

Especially here in the very red south.
I have some friends that seem otherwise sane and rational.
But, when it comes to politics and especially Hillary, they become lunatics.
I have to make pacts with them to never discuss politics.

s-cubed

(1,385 posts)
10. My daughter in law hates Trump. I think she will vote for Hillsry.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:16 AM
Sep 2016

She considers herself the right kind of Republican, which I take to mean moderate, though she is a forced birther.

Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)
12. Forced Birther is brilliant
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:35 AM
Sep 2016

I like that better than saying Pro Choice.
Repubs and Libertarians talk so much about small or limited government.
What could be bigger government than forcing you to control your body.

Forced Birther is great positioning on the abortion issue. Should always be used.

Old Terp

(464 posts)
13. Yes, several actually
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:39 AM
Sep 2016

One watched the Benghazi hearings, was impressed and jumped on board. All of these are college-educated men who were raised as republicans, but feel their party has left them. Some have already transitioned to Independent. When they were growing up, there were liberal republicans,

 

Onlooker

(5,636 posts)
14. I have cousins in Michigan who won't vote for Trump ...
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:41 AM
Sep 2016

... They are staunch Republicans and won't vote for Hillary, but they told me they are not voting for Trump. That's at least 6 votes that Trump won't get.

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
15. I'm phone banking for the HRC campaign
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:43 AM
Sep 2016

and there's one registered Republican who's working with us who's voting for Hillary. He just can't stomach Trump. The guy is a native New Yorker who knows about him too well--his serial scams, self-promotion schemes, etc.--to fall for his bullshit and lies.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
19. Yes, but he's a guy who's not a rabid nutcase. He's a regular conservative
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:23 PM
Sep 2016

Republican, has worked for many years in the local Republican Party, and he's had enough. He can't believe how crazy his party has gotten, although he has sorta seen it coming. The religious crazies, the nuts, had slowly taken over the local Party machine and he was a minority voice for years at the meetings. (He's an atheist and was appalled at what was happening.)

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
21. A few business owners I know.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:31 PM
Sep 2016

Republican, socially tolerant, and do not want to see our alliances broken apart.

FreeState

(10,570 posts)
22. Yep I know a few, conservative republicans too
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:41 PM
Sep 2016

Several Mormon family members will be voting for Hillary. The rest are planning on third party.

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