My dad was a 20yr old paratrooper in the mountain
jungles of Leyte when they told him he could
register and vote. Not wanting to “change horses in
the middle of the stream” he registered Democrat and
voted for FDR. When he died in 2015 he held a PhD
in education and was still a Democrat. But he never
voted for any liberal candidate or cause and his most
prized photo was of him and others w/Gov Reagan
honoring the Future Farmers of America organization.
At one time there WERE plenty of Democrats who weren’t radical kooks. Not so today.