I don’t understand the concept. I never “went” to something call the GOP. I didn’t “enter” a place called “GOP”, so I don’t know how you would “leave” it.
My political strategy is to vote in every election, for the person who most closely reflects what I believe to be correct. I rarely get an opportunity to vote for a candidate who I agree with 100%. But I often have a chance to vote for a decent candidate, at least in a primary if not a general election.
For a time I hung out in a republican committee, since there are virtually no democrats I have met recently that end up being a better choice than whatever the republicans put up.
In rare occasions, no candidates are acceptable. In those cases, I don’t vote for that office. In 2008, that was going to happen for me in my congressional district, because Republican Tom Davis had just made too many bad choices. But then he quit; I was able to vote for a decent republican who had no chance of beating the democrat.
So if you are saying that from now on, you won’t just vote for the republican because he has an “R” next to his name, I’m with you. If you are saying that you will refuse to vote for the best candidate running, out of spite, I would disagree.
But I would say that you should NEVER vote against your own conscience; I would never urge you to vote for someone you thought was a mistake, even if I thought that person was good enough to vote for.
Long post you got there CharlesWayneCT.
I agree with it.
Since 1988, I only voted For Bush in ‘88 and Bush in ‘04. All the rest I just pressed the “R” button.
If the selection doesn’t get better next time ,
I won’t be pushing the “R” button. It won’t be the
“D” button either.