# Have you recently switched from being a Republican

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 14, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949 "2002-05-14T02:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949/1 "2002-05-14T02:30:21Z")

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to being a Democrat.

I registered Republican since 1980, but in a recent primary a week or so ago, reregistered as a Democrat. I am fed up with Bush’s favoring the rich and special interests and spending up the gazoo. Not that the Dems were much better.

Has anyubody else switched political parties? recently? and why?

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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949/2 "2002-05-14T02:54:27Z")

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Well, I registered as a Democrat. The reason is pretty simple, as a Dem I can vote in the primaries for the least objectionable Dem. When the actual election comes around I vote Republican.

Slee

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949/3 "2002-05-14T02:57:01Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949/4 "2002-05-14T03:11:52Z")

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Vote Republican or Democrat?

Would you rather eat well or sleep well?

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-recently-switched-from-being-a-republican/108949/5 "2002-05-14T07:39:17Z")

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Never was either and don’t intend to ever join.

Joined the lib. party for a year, but let my membership lapse.

Still haven’t found a party I’m particulary found of (though I still vote).