Yes I have voted Republican every single time. And have no regrets.
I live in CA. We have no such thing as “conservative Democrats” in these here parts. They are ALL Marxists. Period.
There is no choice. And now that the state has instituted the blanket primary, only the top two vote getters in the primary make it to the general election, thus eliminating all of the third party and independent candidates.
Therefore, my only chance for realistically advancing the conservative cause is within the GOP primary. I always take advantage of that. Last June I voted for Tim Donnelly for governor in the GOP primary. Unfortunately he didn’t win. But you move on and deal with what you have. There are no other alternatives other than not voting which I am aware of.
If you think that your practice of ALWAYS voting for your local Republicans is producing the sort of government that you want, by all means keep voting for them.
I have NEVER told anyone to do otherwise.
Some people find their local Republicans to be no better than democrats, and choose not to vote for them.
1) Voting for the democrat party, regardless of the candidate's personal policy positions, is immoral. The democrat party, as a party, officially supports several morally reprehensible policy positions.
2) Voting for any politician, regardless of party, who supports certain grossly immoral policy positions, is immoral.
Sometimes that leaves the only the option of not casting a vote on that particular line.
I urge people ALWAYS to show up and vote ... even if only to vote against whatever local tax, bond, or spending issues have been deposited on the ballot.