Does registering “unaffiliated” mean on isn’t a lifelong Republican? It doesn’t mean she is, but aren’t a lot of conservatives registered this way?
Registering that way means you are not registered as a Republican. Carli was not registered as a Republican. Period. Registering as an Independent, or Decline To State or Unaffiliated can cause lots of problems for candidates. It makes the donors think the candidate does not have a chance to win, so they don’t donate.
If you usually vote for the Republican candidates you should registger as a Republican, in my view. If you think that registering as Declined to State will keep people from calling you, you are dead wrong. Those are what we grassroots folks call “undecided” so we call, call, call.