This description (white, Christian) fits me and my wife. We remain Dems by registration, but we are proud DINOs. Two reasons: it helps us to have a say in county politics (as most offices are held by good ol’ AZ country bumpkin, salt-of-the-earth people (supervisors, court officials, sheriff’s officials, etc); while the Republican opponents usually run unopposed in the primary only to lose in the general.
Second reason is that in our debates with libs, where we hold forth for conservatism, and they say “You’re only saying that because you’re a Republican”! And we can say, “Nope, I’ll bet we’ve been Dems longer than you have”. I like being enigmatic.
Third reason is that, the more we look at the Republican party, the less we like it — witness this year’s election cycle where they’ve been exposed as posers.
I’ve also been a FReeper longer than just about anybody else on here, with few exceptions.
I understand your rationale.
I may renounce my RNC membership after the general.
I have not felt tangibly represented in, oh, 22 years.
How come no profile page for a longtime Freeper?——ashamed?