# Liz Cheney for president. Who would vote for her? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-cheney-for-president-who-would-vote-for-her/969830 **Category:** Politics & Elections **Created:** [August 17, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-cheney-for-president-who-would-vote-for-her/969830 "2022-08-17T14:36:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
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She also suffers guilt by association for being Dick Cheney’s daughter. But I think some Republicans that aren’t Trumpers would vote for her in a heartbeat over Trump or DeSantis. I think some former Republicans that can’t believe where their party has gone but are basically still conservative would vote for her. I don’t see even moderate Democrats voting for her, so it would probably be good for the country if she ran as an independent. She has no chance in a Republican Primary though. ETA: _Linking to related threads:_ > [@Liz Cheney way down in poll, GOP primary is August 16th {With 96% of the votes reported, she lost 66% to 29%}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-cheney-way-down-in-poll-gop-primary-is-august-16th-with-96-of-the-votes-reported-she-lost-66-to-29/969449): > > poll is 1 month old but in small states they don’t do a lot of polls > [@Would you vote for Liz Cheney for president in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-liz-cheney-for-president-in-2024/966918): > > Seriously. Without any hesitation, I would. If she was running in the local primary for Republican Presidential Nominee I would register as a Republican and cast my vote for her. If she made it to the General Election, I’d have to think about it, but probably would, too. And, I have never voted Republican for a national office. Not that I embrace her political philosophy, not that I don’t believe any Democratic Nominee would be good for the country,but I do believe it would be the quickest and… > [@How Liz Cheney can hold her seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-liz-cheney-can-hold-her-seat/941554): > > She runs in the WY GOP primary 2) Maybe she wins there (problem solved) but probably not. 3) she then runs as an Independent–since she’s got some support among the GOP (not much) and the Independent voters of the state, she can probably cobble together at least 10% of the total vote running as an IND, maybe up to 20%. 4)THIS IS BIG–instead of running a sacrificial lamb in the general election, the Dems endorse Liz Cheney.This must (to judge from recent election results in WY) add another 30%, m… > [@Why is Liz Cheney taking this lying down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-liz-cheney-taking-this-lying-down/932352): > > For the umpteenth time, we have had headlines like this: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wyoming-republican-cheneys-vote-was-middle-finger-to-residents/vi-BB1dsj2o](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wyoming-republican-cheneys-vote-was-middle-finger-to-residents/vi-BB1dsj2o) And from her…nothing. Why doesn’t she come out on the offensive? Is it me, or does her silence make her look weak? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-cheney-for-president-who-would-vote-for-her/969830)._