Kerry 2004, McCain 2008, Obama 2012, Jill Stein 2016, and Trump 2020 voter?

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What exactly is driving this person's political leanings/voting record? This person supported Al Sharpton in the 2004 Democratic primary, Fred Thompson in the 2008 GOP primary and Newt Gingrich in the 2012 GOP primary.

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Holy cow, you probably just described me though I regret the 2008 vote...

Sprouts is awesome! I miss Sprouts.

If this describes you, would you mind very briefly (maybe in a few sentences or tweets) explaining why someone would go from Kerry to McCain to 3rd party and now to Trump. What appeals about Trump in 2020 that didn't appeal in 2016?

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Older Southern Democrat, maybe a veteran. Felt disillusioned with Democrats after their attacks on Bush and respected McCain's military service enough to vote for him over Obama, but felt Obama had a good enough first term that they voted for him in 2012. Was disillusioned by both candidates in '16, saw them as opportunistic cowards, so voted for Stein out of principle. Feels the economy is doing well enough under Trump and trusts him more handling the Iran/NK situations than someone like Biden or Warren or Sanders.

That's not a bad analysis. This person in question is a Southern Republican in his 40s, though. Not "older" and not a veteran. I guess some voting records can't be understood except for by the voter himself.

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Not sure, but they probably voted for Nader in 2000.

They did not in 2000.