Kasich: GOP under Trump doesn't resemble the Republican Party

[SingingAnalyst]

No state (to my knowledge) allows a voter to vote in the Primary election for more than one party, so I'll leave that aside.

In 2016, had I not voted for Sanders, I would have voted for Kasich in the GOP primary. In some ways, I wish I had. I was sorry to see him finish third in MI (a tad behind Cruz).

I hope Kasich runs in 2020 (and no, he shouldn't be pressured into declaring quickly). I may well vote in the GOP primary in 2020, if no Democrat particularly stands out as worthy of or needing my support; in which case if Kasich is on the ballot, he has my vote.

Kasich won't become a Democrat or Independent. Why should he? I would not be surprised if he runs an Independent campaign in 2020, though, which would affect all of our 2020 predictions here on Atlas.

[SingingAnalyst]

One thing that might happen if Kasich runs as an Independent in 2020, that I haven't seen anyone mention yet, is that in getting, say, 10% of the PV, he might pull more votes from 2016 Clinton voters than 2016 Trump voters (akin to the effect John Anderson had in 1980). This would probably result in Trump winning, and possibly even winning the PV.