I keep thinking a lot of repubs are gonna quietly vote Dem

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

and just not tell a soul.

I base this on quite a few who have very quietly mentioned to me that they cannot vote for Bush.

[Worst Username Ever]

1. Or stay home n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

I have met actual Republicans here in Michigan while canvassing that

are quite open about voting for Kerry. :bounce:

[blm]

10. John McLaughlin thinks there is a huge silent group of moderate Repubs

who will be voting for Kerry.

[Bandit]

15. I think he is one of them

And I agree that there are an awful lot of disgruntled Republicans out there. they may not be able to bring themselves to vote Democratic but they may just feel it is a good election to just sit out.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

11. Yeah, I've met some who were OPENLY disgusted

It's the ones who have come to me whispering, asking questions, and very ashamed looking. It's been happening for the last few weeks. I've made no secret of who I support. My Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker is very lonely in the parking lot.

I passed an early polling site today. The line was OUT-THE-DOOR, around the building, across the parking lot and all the way to the street. It was 4:00 in the afternoon. The parking lot was full of cars. Cars were parked across the street and people were everywhere. My husband said it was the same way when he passed there at 2:00. I've never seen anything like it.

This was in Jacksonville, FL.

[DireStrike]

2. I was thinking this too...

how many people are avoiding persecution by the mentally devoid.

[nookiemonster]

3. I wholeheartedly agree

They will secretly vote Dem in the booth. They will never admit that they were duped.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Or liberarian... you are correct in that gut feeling eom

[cheshire]

29. Freperville busiest forum is the libertarian one.

[blondeatlast]

5. Call it a "McCain..." nt

[charlyvi]

6. Old School Repubs aren't all that bad....

In fact, they seem LIBERAL in today's rightwing nutcase repub party.

[blondeatlast]

12. True that. Goldwater's become a radical...

Privacy? Fiscal responsibility? World citizenship? Cicil rights?

The man is spinning so hard he must be halfway to DC now...

[Zero Division]

7. Or not make a ballot choice for Pres.

I think that's why some of the early voting results are showing like 7% less than 100 not voting for Kerry or Bush. I high doubt those numbers come from Nader and Badnarik. I bet Nader gets less than 1% this time, and I'll be happy to see that, too.

[pelagius]

8. Many Republicans are deficit hawks...

...and will voted against Bush* on that issue alone.

Remember, nutty Ross Perot was able to garner about a fifth of the vote on this one issue.

[chimp chump]

23. Bush's spending has definitely hurt him with conservatives.

For that matter, with any sensible person. Look at the deficits and the exploding debt. And with the boomer retirement already in progress. It's criminal dereliction of fiduciary responsibilities.

This isn't even a conservative/liberal issue. It's just about how we're gonna retire the old folks with BushCo spending like...um...I guess drunken sailors stop spending when they run out of money so we can't even compare them to drunken sailors.

I think Bush will lose 3%-4% of his possible vote base on fiscal issues, another 1%-2% on people who don't buy into his phony No Child Left Behind policy or his public show of religion.

These people have been mostly no-shows in recent elections. But I think some will vote LP or, more likely, CP. And some will actually vote for Kerry simply to defeat Bush. To them, he represents all that is wrong with the GOP.

Rove has said repeatedly that they didn't get 3 million evangelicals in 2000 and he's never been able to explain it. I think it was more like 5-6 million. And that number of disaffected conservatives that were formerly known repeat Republican voters has been growing steadily in every election since '96 when the trend was first noticed.

Seeing how this bloc of disaffected conservatives turns out and votes will be one of the more interesting results in this election.

[pelagius]

26. The analogy is unfair to drunken sailors...

...since drunken sailors are spending their own money. :-)

[Steelangel]

9. There is no doubt about that part (EOM)

[msgeri55]

13. vote dem

they're skeered to death to say otherwise.:evilfrown:

[Florida_Geek]

14. I hate to predict Repugs --- But amoung Female repugs there could be

a lot of Kerry Edwards voters.

[Jane Austin]

17. Yes and they are quiet because why stir up a row with their

Cultural Cowboy Republican husbands.

I think while my father was alive, my mother quit discussing politics with him. Her views were much more liberal than his.

[Rebellious Republican]

16. Agreed, I have a conservative friend that has not said what he will

do.
However he has made a couple of very telling comments!

Just today we were at lunch with another left leaning co-worker. We were talking about the the possibility of a shrub victory.

I said, that I have always been poor so I am used to it, but the people who will feel it the most are the ones that have money.

My conservative friend used to have a white collar middle management job, for over 25 years.

He was down sized out of a job, thats why he is doing what he is now, at a half of what he used to make, at the age of 55.

His 401K has been steadily decreasing, hence his comment "yes, like me".

Its one of those you had to be there kinda things, this combined with some other comments recently makes me think there are a lot like him.

[Confident]

18. If you were a Bush voter, would you admit it to anyone?

That is what scares me - that there is a Bush base (not Freepers) lurking out there.

What do people think?

[Mr_Spock]

19. I know of two at work who HATE Bush and are voting for Kerry!!

There are lots more of these folks.

[seraph]

20. Oh I absolutely agree. (nt)

[The Revolution]

21. I agree

I think quite a few will vote for Kerry and just never tell a soul. They're probably scared to death to tell anyone (even pollsters). The right wing just doesn't tolerate any dissension.

Heck, theres probably people living in the same house who sit around praising bush, but all secretly planning to vote Kerry and hoping the others don't find out.

[zaj]

22. I bet guys Colin Powell, John McCain, etc. don't actually vote for Bush...

[Zero Gravitas]

24. agree

Moderate, informed Republicans (and Real Conservatives) are not happy with Chimp.

[Angrillori]

27. My father-in-law's in that camp--

Voting Kerry, specifically because of what * is costing the U.S. in $.

For old-school republicans, of fiscal conservatism, isolationism, less gov't intrusion into personal lives, W is an affront to everything the GOP should be.

[SheilaT]

25. I've been doing a lot of door-to-door

and I'm honestly surprised at the number of people who've been telling me they're voting a straight Democratic ticket this year. Maybe Democrats will win big everywhere. Wouldn't that be nice?

[deadparrot]

28. If people don't see much difference between the two candidates,

I think there's a good chance they'll stay home to avoid crappy weather.

[Technowitch]

30. Aye, quietly vote for Kerry, or stay home, or write in somebody else