catpuppy, don’t give up hope. In 1980 I defied my mother and voted for Jimmy Carter after she insisted I think smart and vote for Ronald Reagan!! Well, mother knows best and I finally came around even if it took 9/11 to turn me into a Republican. I’ll never forget my mom was right.
My mother told me the same thing her father told her: “Vote any way you want, as long as it’s Republican.”