have your political

[joelbc1]

I have never voted for a Republican POTUS candidate. Bush the 1st was the only one I ever considered (Dakakis).
I did vote once for for a Republican for YS Senator, once (Chuck Grassley). . But it was a protest vote as the Dems ran a virtual unknown vs. him. For Congress, I have never voted for the Republican.
For Governor I voted once for Bob Ray.
I have voted a handful of times for some “down ballot” Republicans, but not often.
The Grassley vote is the one I really regret. I fear that as soon as I pass thru the Pearly Gates, I’m going have to answer to my dad as to how I could have ever voted for Grassley!
I’m just not much of a Republican idealist. I think the biggest voter fraud ever committed in Iowa was a few years ago when the Republican Iowa legislature removed the “straight ticket voting” option from the ballot. I just have to spend another 2-3 minutes in the voter’s booth….and that time, along with travel time, multiplied by 4 or 5 stops to vote, make for a long Election Day for this Democrat.

 

[ericram]

1988 GHB
1992 Clinton (he was so cool and could play the sax)
1996 Clinton
2000 Gore (I am pretty sure he won)
2004 GWB
2008 Obama
2012 Obama
2016 Clinton
2020 Biden
2024 Biden


Those of you who remember when there was a daily paper and the evening news to get your political news of the day?

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Here folks is a perfect example of someone with TDS. 😳

So stating facts is trump derangement syndrome? I feel bad for you.

 

[SSG T]

Trying to remember all of them, but...

88 Bush
92 Perot
96 Dole
00 Bush
04 Bush
08 McCain
12 Johnson
16 Johnson
20 Biden
24 Biden (because I don't hate myself or the country)

FTR, the change came when I started realizing all roads to hell are paved with Reagan style policies.

 

[SSG T]

1988 GHB
1992 Clinton (he was so cool and could play the sax)
1996 Clinton
2000 Gore (I am pretty sure he won)
2004 GWB
2008 Obama
2012 Obama
2016 Obama
2020 Clinton
2022 Biden
2024 Biden

Those of you who remember when there was a daily paper and the evening news to get your political news of the day?

You voted for Obama in 2016?

 

[noleclone2]

I was more liberal ages 18-30 but have got more moderate as I have aged on many things and had the Republican Party not descended into complete lunacy after the election of Obama, I may have become a quasi Republican.

The current form of the GOP has none of those things now.

 

[3 and Out on D]

I voted for McGovern in 72 and I'll vote for Biden in 24. And I didn't change in between.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

Here folks is a perfect example of someone with TDS. 😳

So stating facts is a deranged syndrome? Only someone with BDS would argue that…

 

[artradley]

So stating facts is a deranged syndrome? Only someone with BDS would argue that…

The only people with TDS are his supporters, as they are completely deranged.

 

[franklinman]

I considered Reagan as he was a union president in Calif, but something told me he was a phony just looking for votes. I was correct with my vote as he was a terrible president who didn't do anything to help the country, but plenty to hurt it. He helped me to know, i would NEVER consider voting for another CONSERATIVE.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

You voted for Obama in 2016?

And he voted for Biden in 2022.

 

[ericram]

You voted for Obama in 2016?

Yea just a write in. Lol

 

[alaskanseminole]

1992 Bush
1996 Perot
2000 Bush
2004 Bush
2008 McCain
2012 Romney
2016 Johnson

GOP DEAD
2020 Did not vote
2024 No vote, 3rd Party, ham sandwich write-in, or Biden (I haven't decided).

 

[nelly02]

2004 Bush
2008 McCain
2012 Obama
2016 Hilary
2020 Biden

I've voted for several down ballot Republicans but not since 2016 and don't see myself doing it anytime in the near future with how that party has gone.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

2020 Trump (thought he did a good job as far as the economy is concerned in his 1st term, although could do without the infantile demeanor)

2024 will reluctantly vote for Trump over Biden

So, it really doesn’t matter that Trump is an absolute piece of shit who is completely unstable?

I could maybe understand voting for Trump in 2016, but after he’s proven he is not fit for the presidency, I don’t know how anyone in their right mind can vote for that lunatic.

You really need to reconsider.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

1992 Bush
1996 Perot
2000 Bush
2004 Bush
2008 McCain
2012 Romney
2016 Johnson

GOP DEAD
2020 Did not vote
2024 No vote, 3rd Party, ham sandwich write-in, or Biden (I haven't decided).

I am disgusted Democrats are sticking with Joe, but we can’t risk Trump. It would be an absolute shit show. Yes, even worse than Biden with dementia (not saying he has it, just saying).

I am voting Joe Biden and then almost all Republicans down the ballot (provided the Republican candidate isn’t complete scum). I would strongly encourage you to vote Biden unless you believe another Trump term could be palatable. There’s just no way.

 

[SSG T]

I was more liberal ages 18-30 but have got more moderate as I have aged on many things and had the Republican Party not descended into complete lunacy after the election of Obama, I may have become a quasi Republican.

The current form of the GOP has none of those things now.

My politics were heavily influenced by being in the Army young and being in a combat unit on the W Germany/E Germany border in the late 80s. Being 17 looking across a fence at E German and Soviet troops regularly will do that to you.

So will being old enough to remember elected Republicans not being Christian Nationalists who are nothing like the GOP from a couple of generations ago.

And, I'll admit, as I got older, more educated and started looking back on things in my lifetime, I've come to realize I was a moron.

The GOP of Ike and Goldwater is never coming back. Now, it may not be the party of Trump, but the "leadership" apart from him lost all ethics and morals long ago. Mitt might be the only old school Republican left, and he has about as much pull as I do.

 

[NoWokeBloke]

Lots of stupid old people on this board.

 

[iavagabond]

I’m 57. I’ve voted in every election since I was eligible. I’ve voted Republican in every election.

Reportedly, at the age of 9, I cried the morning I found out Gerald Ford had lost to Jimmy Carter.

I was present for Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration.

 

[thewop]

You voted for Clinton over Trump but you're voting for a convicted felon this election? Are we missing a TBI in this timeline?

1988 Bush
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
2000 Gore
2004 Kerry
2008 Obama
2012 Obama
2016 Clinton
2020 Biden
2024 Biden

Objectively you have to see Trump's felony conviction for what it is, which is largely political theater. Try to view it through the lense of an independent/moderate who isn't invested in either side.

If you can't do that, think about how you view the hunter Biden conviction, another case of political theater.

In both cases, it was more about who they were than what they did. I'm sure they'll both appeal, and who knows what will happen then. Trump's conviction will hold more credibility if he loses the appeal. Biden's will still be political, I don't care what happens. The gun charge wasn't even worth a trial IMO.

 

[Flie]

I was republican in my youth and drifted left over time.

1992 Perot
1996 Clinton
2000 Gore
2004 Kerry
2008 Obama
2012 Obama
2016 Clinton
2020 Biden
2024 Biden

 

[BelemNole]

Objectively you have to see Trump's felony conviction for what it is, which is largely political theater. Try to view it through the lense of an independent/moderate who isn't invested in either side.

If you can't do that, think about how you view the hunter Biden conviction, another case of political theater.

In both cases, it was more about who they were than what they did. I'm sure they'll both appeal, and who knows what will happen then. Trump's conviction will hold more credibility if he loses the appeal. Biden's will still be political, I don't care what happens. The gun charge wasn't even worth a trial IMO.

Objectively, you don't see anything objectively. Trump and Hunter broke laws. I have no issues with either of their convictions. What in the world is Trump's appeal based on, that he didn't like the outcome?

 

[thewop]

Objectively, you don't see anything objectively. Trump and Hunter broke laws. I have no issues with either of their convictions. What in the world is Trump's appeal based on, that he didn't like the outcome?

Im not a lawyer and don't know what they'll base his appeal on, but if I had to guess I'd say it'll be based on the fact that the jury didn't have to find him guilty of a specific crime, they just had to feel like he probably committed one.

In hunter's case, I just find the media circus ridiculous. The crime seemed worthy of a citation and a gun confiscation carried out voluntarily or by a single officer. I mean she chucked the thing in a dumpster...I just didn't think there was much there to be so concerned about. It was clearly a political play.

 

[BelemNole]

Im not a lawyer and don't know what they'll base his appeal on, but if I had to guess I'd say it'll be based on the fact that the jury didn't have to find him guilty of a specific crime, they just had to feel like he probably committed one.

In hunter's case, I just find the media circus ridiculous. The crime seemed worthy of a citation and a gun confiscation carried out voluntarily or by a single officer. I mean she chucked the thing in a dumpster...I just didn't think there was much there to be so concerned about. It was clearly a political play.

Here's the thing, being famous can get you out of a lot of things. But sometimes it highlights others. They both knowingly committed crimes. I have zero sympathy for them. It doesn't matter to me that the average joe wouldn't get the same treatment because these two have had benefits from the same system the average joe would never get.
Trump's outrage isn't that he got caught, it's that someone actually did something about it for once. He's spent his entire life ignoring the rules and he can't understand why this time is different.

 

[swagsurfer02]

2004 - didn’t vote
2008 - didn’t vote
2012 - didn’t vote
2016 - didn’t vote
2020 - Trump

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

Kerry
Obama 2x
Clinton
Biden 2x

Have my views shifted? Not really. I've always leaned fiscally moderate (slighlty left, but pragmatic about it), socially liberal, pro-strong military and willing to use it when it makes sense to. I think the far left makes democrats winning harder than it should and many of them would rather lose everything than win a majority of what they want.