has anyone ever crossed over a voted republican?

[catmother]

be honest now.

[SCDem]

1. for County Council yes

but other than that no one else

[NNadir]

2. Not me.

I am tempted this year by a candidate for sheriff, but I know I won't actually do it. It would be a shame to break a perfect score for a triviality.

[400Years]

3. I did in the primary back in 2000 McCain vs. Dumya

I knew bush would be terrible for this country and tried, albeit futile, to prevent that.

It is the only time I have ever voted for someone with an R by their name.

[Spider Jerusalem]

48. That was also my one vote ever for a Republican.

[waldnorm]

4. Since that Spectacle in the Houston Astrodome in 1992 . . .

only twice. Buckley for Treasurer in Colorado in 1994, and against a dead sherriff (the democratic candidate) in Los Angeles in 1998. I would now vote for the dead sherriff.

[catnhatnh]

5. Locally...Yes....

....statewide...yes
....national...yes...
sometimes a republican IS the lesser of two evils....

[Connie_Corleone]

6. In county races.

The republicans don't have any power in the city, but half the Democrats are republican-lite, so it doesn't matter.

Never voted republican nationally.

[Hardrada]

7. I do that in state primaries

to help get the weaker GOP candidate on the ticket. And then in the fall I vote against this candidate as a Democrat. I vote for them and then against them.

[FreedomAngel82]

12. LOL, that's so mean

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[Hardrada]

21. Crude, but effective

as Mr. Spock would say.

[thinkingwoman]

66. Hear, Hear!

I've done that for years. It works wonderfully.

[Gabi Hayes]

42. I voted for Clinton in 92

[wryter2000]

8. Once in a primary

My husband and I registered Repug in order to vote for John Anderson when he was running against Raygun.

[FreedomAngel82]

9. I almost did

There was a guy running for mayor last April and had some pretty good plans. I ended up voting for an indie guy though (had way more experience and liked his plans better). Of course I have been told he's a democrat so who the heck knows. I voted on him for his ideas and experience (ronlittlefield.com).

[SeattleGirl]

10. Yes, for Secretary of State and a couple of other state/local

offices. But never, never, never for President

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. once, for Justice of the Peace -- about 30 years ago

The Democratic candidate was the wife of the chief of police. That sounded just a bit fishy to me.

[Atman]

13. I voted for Bill Weld for Governor of Mass

And even met he and Bill Bennet while I was serving on a committee of a big-city school board, and they were out hawking the Education 2000 initiative. The only republican vote I ever cast, and I don't regret it. Bill Weld was a very good governor for Massachusetts. And his opponent, Silber, was a certifiable nut case.

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. the same Silber who was President of Boston University?

If so, then I can't blame you. I would have done the same or perhaps voted for a third party.

p.s. I just looked it up and sure enough it was John Silber. You are right. He is a certifiable nut case. You definitely did the right thing. It would have been the one case where I would have actively supported the defeat of a Democratic candidate for a major office.

[av8rdave]

14. Yes

Voted for Ford, Reagan twice, and Bush senior once. Bush senior converted me to a democrat. Have never voted Republican since.

Would I change those past votes if I could?

Yes.

[plusfiftyfive]

15. Yes

when scum ran for office, I have, but not for president

[LibertyLover]

16. Twice, years ago

when I was living in New Jersey. In both instances the individuals were friends and running for town councilman and mayor, respectively. But never at the state or federal level.

[endarkenment]

18. I voted for Jim Squires in the NH gov primary

'cause he is a progressive republican (ne endangered species) and he is a strong advocate for universal health care.

Also I voted libertarian when dukakis ran the worst campaign in the history of the republic bar none.

[ThoughtCriminal]

19. I voted in a Republican Presidential Primary in 1980

to vote for John Anderson.

[1620rock]

26. NEVER!!!!!!

Never in a hundred, Never in a thousand, Never in a million years!!!! (As the old song goes.) :hippie:

[newyawker99]

74. Hi 1620rock!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[dr.strangelove]

20. Sure, all the time in local races

Many of our local officials do not really pull the "party line." Never voted republican on a national or state level, though I did vote independent for a state legislator a few years ago.

[donco6]

22. (guiltily raises hand)

Is guiltily a word?

I got better - really.

[long_green]

23. Yes.

in 1991 I voted for Buddy Roemer who had jumped parties. My other two choices were Edwin Edwards and David Duke, both of whom have done or are doing a stretch in Federal Prison (and that is probably the nicest thing you could say about Duke).

[Ian David]

24. Yes, I volunteered for Mark Chaupette against Christine Canavan (DINO)

<snip>

As the Archdiocese of Boston is closing parishes left and right, many Catholics
have taken heroic measures to keep their churches open. There have been
protests. There have been lawsuits. There have even been groups of the faithful
holding vigil inside their churches to keep the doors from being locked. In
this regard, the Catholic community has been extraordinarily united and
resolute.

So, when Saint Margaret Church wanted to hold a Bingo fundraiser, what did
Catholic politician, Rep. Christine Canavan do? She protested,
because it would inconvenience herself and her neighbors on their quiet
dead-end street.

In Ms. Canavan's own words to The Enterprise, "I live on a street with neighbors
who just don't want three solid days of Bingo," she said. "I made phone calls,
that's it. Because I'm a state rep, some could say it's political clout."

This is the same woman who says that those who oppose gay marriage are ignorant
bigots whose arguments have no rational basis, but then she goes on to say, "I
do not have the luxury of voting my conscience."

This is why I am not voting to re-elect Christine Canavan. It is obvious that
Christine Canavan is her own most important constituency. She does not allow
herself the luxury to vote her own conscience, let alone put up with a little
extra noise and traffic to benefit her own church. Chrisine Canavan votes for
what is best for Christine Canavan.

Christine Canavan is a Constituency of One.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

25. I voted for Olympia Snowe a few times, mainly because she

hasseniority and that keeps Maine on the map in the Senate.

[Greybnk48]

27. I voted for Gerald Ford against Carter

and a few local and state candidates over the years. I was not a big fan of Carter at the time, and I actually liked Ford--rightly or wrongly--not sure which today.

[Ian David]

28. In a race of Powell vs Gore, I would have leaned towards Powell

But that was a long, long time ago... or so it seems.

[longship]

29. Yes, Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS)

A very honorable person who easily deserved reelection.

Currently, she's married to another very honorable Republican, former Sen. Howard Baker, who was the one who first asked the question, "What did the President know, and when did he know it?"

I voted for Nancy twice but for Bob Dole, zero times. Sorry, Bob. I like you as a person, but not your politics.

[Jed Dilligan]

30. I tried. I damn well tried...

When Campbell ran against Feinstein. The anti-drug-war versus the pro-drug-war candidate. I admired the stand he made, but my hand failed me. I just couldn't poke the pin through the paper next to the R-word.

[Beer Snob-50]

31. i voted for john anderson when he ran against

ronald reagan in my first presidental election where i could vote.

[cascadiance]

63. Same here...

[racaulk]

32. I was chomping at the bit to vote out Zell Miller last year

But he announced that he would not run for a second term, so I didn't get the chance. I would have seriously voted for Johnny Isakson, his Repuke opponent, just to get that bastard Miller out of office.

But fortunately, I'm still 100% blue in my voting record since I became eligible to vote in 1994. :D

[terip64]

33. No, never

[izzie]

34. Well I used to be a republic and voted for Muskie. Does that count?

The older I got the more liberal I got. I still carry some of my old GOP thoughts. Wars are wasteful and church and state do not mix. Blacks are as good as whites and can live next door and go to my school also. Could say the party left me 30 or so years ago. Frankly I do not really know what happened to the party of my father. He and I used to always fight about Unions. He hated them and I thought they did good. Besides that I still think about how I always did and I am now classed as a liberal. Snowe does not make me to up tight by the way but I do not vote for her. :hangover:

[izzie]

35. For got to spell that right, sorry republican!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got carried away thinking about Old Muskie and maybe that is spelled wrong.

[catmother]

61. muskie was a democrat

so are you saying you were a repub and you crossed and voted for a dem?

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. Three times

All for the same guy — Bruce McPherson, a former California Assemblyman and state Senator with a marvelous record on the environment. I voted for him for California Secretary of State (he won) and if he runs for governor he'll get my serious consideration.

[deadmessengers]

37. Yep.

In 1993, I voted for Rudolph Giuliani for Mayor of NYC. David Dinkins, although he was on my personal side of the political aisle, was abysmally bad as Mayor, and I believed that a change was due.

[converted_democrat]

38. I once was a republican, but I'm all better now...........

Once I figured out that I was voting against my own economic interest (among other reasons) I stopped voting republican. Unless you make $250,000 to $300,000 a year or more, you're a fool to vote republican.

[seabeyond]

39. voted for a local repug for state senator, no dems in panhandle

of texas. we wanted the power in the panhandle opposed to midland so far away. dug heels in and they had to pull me thru the line to put down my x. all the while telling all they owed me big time. wink

[damntexdem]

40. I once voted for a republican for Congress.

Milton Marks in San Francisco was more liberal than his Democratic opponent. He later switched parties. Otherwise, I've been pure -- since I started voting in 1968.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

41. I vote for the person, not the party (and that goes for ANY party)

After W though, I am much more inclined to vote Dem right down the line...at least in 06/08.

[populistdriven]

43. Once I voted for a local R and lived to regret it.

[porphyrian]

44. Not me, though I've voted 3rd party in local elections. - n/t

[dogfacedboy]

45. Yes. In my county, a progressive had to run as a Repub

because the person she ran against was a Democrat. It was all just a technicality.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

46. I'd rather put my fingers in the blender. But, I have voted 3rd party.

And, I will be voting Green for senator in '06 against the Republican and Democratic pro-war candidates.

[catmother]

47. well i guess you've all been waiting to hear from me.

i posted the message and then ran out to do errands. just got back and read the responses.

yes. i have -- on a local level but never, ever for president. and i will tell you who i voted for -- sheriff joe arpaio the toughest sheriff in the country. i'm sure you all know about him -- he built tents for prisoners. He says "if it's good enought for our troops in iraq then it's good enought for those who break the law". but during the last election i voted against him, because i think he is going a bit too far.

edited for a spelling error.

[Spider Jerusalem]

50. Um...Joe Arpaio?

From what I know of the man (which is a bit, actually, since I've read up on him) he's essentially a fascist. Then there's the fact that his department has been investigated by the FBI for police brutality and inhumane treatment of prisoners, and the fact that there's some evidence of corruption and malfeasance in his handling of monies slated for departmental expenditures...then there's his self-aggrandizing publicity whoring; personally I wouldn't vote to elect him sewer inspector.

[catmother]

52. i said i didn't vote

for him in the last election -- that i think he's gone to far. but i must agree with him -- that prison is not a place you want to be and he makes sure of that. he also recently moved a bunch of prisoners to make room for animals that had been displaced during katrina. and he's real tough on anyone that abuses an animal.

and yes he does have a big ego. no one is perfect.

[Ron Green]

49. I voted for Abraham Lincoln

in a "Greatest Presidents" poll some years back, but nowadays I might put him in second place.

[Thirtieschild]

51. Shame on me

I voted for Eisenhower in 1956 and Nixon in 1960. (Hope this information, which anyone with any sense would lie about, doesn't get me permanently banned, ostracized, flamed. In my defense, I was 24 and fresh out of West Texas.)

Georgia had an open primary and several times I voted for Republican candidates in the primary. In 1992 I was lukewarm about Dem candidates, felt ABB about Bush41, so voted for Dole in the primary. (Didn't like Dole but felt he was at least more honest than 41.) Wished I could have gone to the poll in disguise - we lived in a blue neighborhood and I hated to be seen standing in the Rep line.

My saddest voting experience was registering to vote in NOLA in 1960. An elderly black man was registering next to me. They asked me my mother's maiden name; they asked him to interpret something in the constitution. I registered; he didn't.

[mokawanis]

53. Just once, in 1976

I voted for Ford, but don't tell anyone. I was 18 and paid scant attention to politics, like many Americans today.:silly:

[KamaAina]

54. Yup. And I'd do it again.

if, that is, it were 1984, I was still in Conn., the (R) was Lowell Weicker --and the D(?) was Joe Lieberman!

Weicker soon redeemed my faith in him by bolting the repukes and getting himself elected Governor as the candidate of "A Connecticut Party".

[catmother]

59. i remember him

didn't he play a big part in the watergage hearings?

[MadisonProgressive]

55. The first and last time : RR 1980

[DanCa]

56. We have an open primairy so i vote for pro choice gop

I also voted for mccain when all that bashing went on his way. I did vote for Gore in 2000. I guess in a way i voted against the chimp three times.

[mmonk]

57. A friend of mine

ran for Congress. He was a Libertarian and someone convinced him to run as a republican to have a chance. So he wasn't one of these present kind of republicans. He had no loyalty to the party. I don't ever plan to in any other circumstance unless Zell Miller were to move into my area and run.

[Matariki]

58. Yes. King County Councilman Brian Derdowski

who stood with protesters against the police during the WTO.

And perhaps a couple other moderate republicans on the local level over the years. But usually I vote for Green Party candidates on local level. It depends on the candidate really.

[catmother]

60. there's another republican i would vote

for if i lived in his district -- congressman christopher shays. he first impressed me before clinton's impeachment. he held a town meeting with his constituents and asked their opinion.

[PowerToThePeople]

62. "cross over a voted repubilcan" ?

Well, if I ever get the chance I might drive back and forth over them, but doubt I would take the time to cross over them from both sides.

[PatriotGames]

64. Nope. I'd rather stick forks in my eyes.

[JerseygirlCT]

65. Yup. I've done it

And in one case, I'd do it again: Weicker over Lieberman.

[stevedeshazer]

67. I voted for Tom McCall, but he was a liberal R

Former governor of Oregon.

[Arugula Latte]

70. Tom McCall was great.

Too bad his type is basically extinct now.

[meisje]

68. I stepped over one after I pistol whipped him!

[Arugula Latte]

69. Here's my explanation: I lived in DC. Marion Barry was up for re-election.

The woman running against him was a totally liberal, pro-choice candidate who happened to have an "R" after her name. I voted for her. She lost. Oh well.

[tallahasseedem]

71. I have in local races...

But have not since the Clinton impeachment.

[LynneSin]

I voted for Tom Ridge

Not kidding

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

72. Yes..for mayor

of my town. The candidate (she served two terms) was the mother of one of my high school classmates. I thought it would be "cool" to know the mayor, that's why I voted for her.

[Bouncy Ball]

73. Nope.

Unless it was a non-partisan race in which I honestly didn't know or couldn't tell their leaning.

I've never voted for a republican in my life. I'm not about to start now, when they resemble a bunch of greedy asshole fascists.