Show of Hands

Well not every candidate adheres completely to party line issues.

Well said!

What if the candidate doesn’t align with your political thought?

I would consider them still better than a democrat.

It’s not only the candidate, it’s their policies and ideology.
For example, republicans want tax cuts, democrats don’t. Sometimes tax increases are needed but usually not. Therefore always a republican. See?

Yes I understand what a platform is but not every democrat is the same. Some democrats oppose abortions for other than very extreme circumstances (mothers’ health risk) which align more with the republican platform on the issue. There are partisans, moderates, rinos and dinos.

It’s not always so cut and dry, even on the question of taxes. Some republicans here in ultra red Mississippi even are proposing some tax increases, albeit to try and offset huge losses of revenue from tax cuts. Which also highlights the fact that a platform policy can be taken too far. This ultra partisan policy making is also a cause for concern when voting for a candidate of any affiliation, since most extreme policies have been shown not to work in our government.

It’s usually this cut and dry to me. Democrats usually fall onto one side. Even moderate ones still want big govt.

If you say so