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In reply to the discussion: Have you *ever* voted for a GOP candidate? If so, why? [View all]CBHagman
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Mind you, I had just turned 18 when I cast a vote for Ford, and the gulf between the two parties wasn't as wide. And I had a lot of growing up to do.
In the next presidential election, I voted for Carter, and I've voted either a straight Democratic ticket, or close to it (See below), ever since.
As for the vote for Connie Morella, I can offer in my defense that she used to side with the Dems on most things, and so received bipartisan support in a reliably blue state in a reliably blue county. In fact when I had seen the light and was making GOTV calls for the Democratic Party years back, encouraging people to vote for our then-candidate, Terry Lierman, I'd get arguments that "Connie is not a Republican."
Morella finally was unseated by Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) after A) there were some changes made to the 8th Congressional District in Maryland ) and B) she went negative in the campaign.