Did I say anything about voting for a third party candidate? I suspect that in 99% of the elections, particularly on the local level, the Conservative Party endorses the same candidate as the Republican Party, so even though you might be enrolled as a conservative, you're still voting lockstep with the Republicans.
What I'm talking about is the party platform, where a small plurality of conservatives force a conservative platform upon the Republican Party, which by definition should stand to the left of the democraps, but to the right of Conservatives. I do believe that non-conservative Republicans are the mainstream of the Republican Party, and that they are more likely to jump ship and vote for the enemy if they are uncomfortable with a conservative platform, than the enemy is willing to jump ship and vote Republican to escape a liberal platform. Indeed, I know many Republicans here in the Northeast who have and will vote for a democrap, rather than a Republican who is forced to defend what is often portrayed and percieved as a conservative platform.
If you live in New York, you might as well vote Communist. Here in Florida, we have a REAL Republican party.
Hey Lab, how do you like those high taxes and fascistic gun laws?
How so?! You must be referring to libertarian issues.