(05-04-2018 05:59 PM)erice Wrote:  

(05-04-2018 05:26 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I do think too many D's vote straight ticket democrat without a thought to doing anything else. Certainly there are R's the same way, but in much lower numbers. I think if we sequestered American voters like a jury for a year or two - no TV, no papers, no news - 35% of them would still vote straight ticket Democrat, without any good reason at all. They would vote that way if Jesus was the Republican candidate with Confusius as his running mate. They would vote that way if the Devil was the Dem candidate, with Attilla his running mate. Completely mindless.

Hmm, so you’re calling roughly 70% of Hillary’s voters “completely mindless”?

Seems kind of deplorable to me.

Lol.

Yes, if somebody can tell you 4-20 years ahead of time they will vote a straight ticket, seems mindless to me.

Back in the seventies, one of my employees decided to run for Justice of the Peace. One day, in a local store, he ran into a lady he had known for thirty years. He asked he for her vote, and she said, “Gene, you know you got it. You’re one of the nicest guys I have ever known, He then handed her his card, and she saw he was running as a Republican. “Sorry, Gene, I can’t vote for you. My Daddy would turn over in his grave. Hope you win, though”

Second story: Right before an election, my then father-in-law said ti me, I sure hope (the Republican)wins. I think he is the best man”. I was amazed, and said, “I never thought you would ever vote for a Republican”. He replied, Oh, I’m not voting for him. why not, I asked. he looked at me like I was incredibly stupid, and then explained, “well, if I did that I couldn’t vote a straight ticket, could I?”

What percentage of Hillary voters do you think split their tickets? Think it was 30%+?

What percentage do you think listened to the debates and then made their choice to vote a straight ticket?

I am not "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it." as Hillary said, but I do think she was talking about me, and most other middle Americans.

However, i do bitterly cling to my guns and religion - well, my guns anyway.