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The "R" under "voter type" stands for "Registered," not for Republican. The "R" under "Ballot Type" stands for "Regular," not for Republican. And, according to a New York City elections division clerk, there is no record that Trump ever voted in a Republican primary election in New York City. Trump only voted in general elections, and there is no record for whom he voted in those general elections.

If what I've seen to this point is any indication, Trump and his supporters will totally ignore evidence negating their false claims. It is disturbing and distressing to see.

Trump and his supporters HAVE to distort and be devious with regard to the truth because distorting and or denying truth is the only way to bamboozle conservatives into supporting Trump. I did my due diligence months ago and found in a couple of different sources that Trump has switched parties three times in the past 26 years. Among other things.

The "R" under "voter type" stands for "Registered," not for Republican.

The "R" under "Ballot Type" stands for "Regular," not for Republican.

Good catch zeestephen but I think you got it backwards.

See page 32 of this 2013 Annual Report from the Board of Elections - The City of New York:

http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/documents/boe/AnnualReports/BOEAnnualReport13.pdf

In the column Voter Type, the R stands for Regular Voter as opposed to: E-Special; F-Federal; H-R(Mail Address); M-Military; O-Overseas or P-Permanent Absentee. I am not sure what all those designations mean but none of them have to do with party registration. Military, Overseas and Permanent Absentee are fairly obvious, but I can't find any keys or designations for the others. But it has nothing to do with party registration at the time the vote was cast.

Ballot Type would be R for Regular or A for Absentee.

On the voting record printout posted in the sloppy blog post* that links back to the Daily Mail article, the registration date is the date the person first registered to vote in Manhattan (and Trump has said he prior to 1987 was registered in Queens), and the Enrollment, i.e. Republican, would indicate the voter's party registration at the time the printout was made.

*Sigh. Bloggers. Some are good but I find a lot are very sloppy in their research. It only took me a few minutes to research the above. Perhaps I should start a blog about bad blogs : )