Challenge: Describe a Nader 2000/Bush 2004 voter

[Libertarian Socialist Dem]

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[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

My mom was the reverse.

[Libertarian Socialist Dem]

My mom was the reverse.

Really, what was her reasoning?

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

My mom was the reverse.

Really, what was her reasoning?

She's a Democrat-turned-Independent who has been getting more Conservative in recent years (especially on social issues).

She supported Jesse Jackson in 1988, Bill Clinton in '92 and '96.  But then both she and my dad were turned off by Bill Clinton and voted for Bush out of contempt of Clinton.  My dad became your typical Republican while my mom became an Independent.  She ended up not liking Bush any more than Clinton and voted for Nader simply out of a rejection of the two-party system.  After Nader she voted for McCain and then in 2012 reluctantly voted for Romney.  I remember at the time people made fun of her for voting for Nader (and it still gets brought up among our friends who are more loyal Republicans).

[Libertarian Socialist Dem]

My mom was the reverse.

Really, what was her reasoning?

She's a Democrat-turned-Independent who has been getting more Conservative in recent years (especially on social issues).

She supported Jesse Jackson in 1988, Bill Clinton in '92 and '96.  But then both she and my dad were turned off by Bill Clinton and voted for Bush out of contempt of Clinton.  My dad became your typical Republican while my mom became an Independent.  She ended up not liking Bush any more than Clinton and voted for Nader simply out of a rejection of the two-party system.  After Nader she voted for McCain and then in 2012 reluctantly voted for Romney.  I remember at the time people made fun of her for voting for Nader (and it still gets brought up among our friends who are more loyal Republicans).

Heh definitely an interesting combination of votes. I'm surprised that she didn't stick with that pattern in 08 and 12.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

My mom was the reverse.

Really, what was her reasoning?

She's a Democrat-turned-Independent who has been getting more Conservative in recent years (especially on social issues).

She supported Jesse Jackson in 1988, Bill Clinton in '92 and '96.  But then both she and my dad were turned off by Bill Clinton and voted for Bush out of contempt of Clinton.  My dad became your typical Republican while my mom became an Independent.  She ended up not liking Bush any more than Clinton and voted for Nader simply out of a rejection of the two-party system.  After Nader she voted for McCain and then in 2012 reluctantly voted for Romney.  I remember at the time people made fun of her for voting for Nader (and it still gets brought up among our friends who are more loyal Republicans).

Heh definitely an interesting combination of votes. I'm surprised that she didn't stick with that pattern in 08 and 12.

I remember that when she voted for McCain she really thought she was voting for the bipartisan "maverick" McCain that was independent-minded.  I remember that she despised both Obama and Hillary in '08.  In 2012 she originally wasn't going to vote for either Obama or Romney until Mitt won the debate.  In 2016 she says that she won't vote for Christie because he's a "sleazebag."  Honestly, no one in my family knows why she votes the way she does.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Hawkish independent type