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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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[โ€“] memfree@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do the people you mention always vote? As a Yellow Dog Democrat who never misses an election, myself, I don't really influence the outcome. I'm just one of the predetermined Ds. The only person I know who is voting R -- an ex-boss firmly in the Trump camp -- is an equally reliable R, so we kind of cancel each other out.

[โ€“] millie@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Probably not. But I also live in Massachusetts, which hasn't voted Republican since Ronald Reagan.

I typically vote in every election. I think I might have missed a mid-term or two in the past couple decades. Maybe more than that, but I haven't missed a presidential election and I've always voted Democrat.

If we had ranked choice I'd probably be more into some leftist third-party, but it is what it is.