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I'm a reliable voter. I vote in ever state and national election (but not local ones, because my residence is weird; my address is technically in one county, but the town my address is in is in a different county, so I wouldn't have any political connection with the local races that I can vote in).
It would take a very unique (R) for me to vote (R). Given their traditional policy positions that are pro-business, anti-choice, etc., I'm not sure who could even go that way. I suppose I could be convinced to vote for a libertarian running as an (R) if they were able to make a case that they stood for strong individual liberty protections while also supporting strong regulations on businesses.
On the other hand, there are definitely (D) candidates that I would simply not vote for at all, like any (D) that was anti-choice.
Prior to 2016, my parents were 100% (R); they've switched almost entirely to (D) after seeing how radically the party shifted.