Is Anybody As Suspicious As I Am About Some Of The Posts Here On DU?.....

[Kaleva]

149. I agree with you

If these new candidates bring in new, energized voters and we all then support an vote for the nominee(s), we ought to be able to take back both Houses of Congress.

Every election, a not insignificant percentage of Democrats vote Repup. Bush got about 10% of the Dem vote in 2000 and 2004, Same with McCain in 2008 . I'm not sure about 2012 and 2016 but my guess it was about the same.

"During the campaign, there was significant media discussion of Democratic Hillary Clinton voters backing McCain, in particular members of People United Means Action (also known as PUMA, originally standing for "Party Unity My Ass," and also known as "Just Stay No Deal&quot and those sympathetic to it.[41] After Clinton's June 8 concession, 40% of Clinton supporters described themselves as dissatisfied and 7% described themselves as angry; 25% said they would support McCain in November.[42]"

"According to Gallup Polls from June 9 to August 17 McCain's cross-party support fluctuated between 10% and 13%. In the poll for August 18 to August 24 support for McCain among Democrats peaked at 14%. From October 13 to October 19 polls showed McCain's support among Democrats to be 7%, which was the lowest thus far.[43] The CNN exit polls placed his Democratic support at 10% with the same percentage for liberal support. These results may not represent the general voters due to early voting.[44]

According to exit polls on Election Day, McCain won the votes of only 10% of Democrats nationwide, the same percentage of Democrats' votes that George W. Bush won in 2004.[5]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_and_liberal_support_for_John_McCain_in_2008#Conservative_Democratic_voters_and_Hillary_Clinton_supporters