Your comment would have seemed like common sense until a month or two ago, with this whole #notrump movement.
I really think some of these Republicans would vote for Hillary over Trump. It sure looks like a bunch of Republican power brokers would do so too.
Ok, so, where are these Republicans-for-Hillary individuals? I don’t know of any. Does anyone else know of such people? I’m not even trying to insult or challenge anyone...I’m just suggesting that there might only be 500 such individuals across the US who can claim some status as a Republican and find some element of wisdom within themselves to vote for Hillary.
Personally, I would not vote for Hillary. I am not sure at this point that I would vote for Trump. Certainly, if it were not close, so that my vote did not matter anyway, I would vote for a write in.
I can tell you though that I know a lot of other Republicans. My brother and his wife, for example, are lifelong Republicans, and they both tell me they would vote for Hillary. My wife is also a lifelong Republican, and I think she would be sitting on the fence. I would say she is more likely to vote for Hillary than me.
None of the Republicans I associate with feel that Trump is really a Republican. They think he’s an invader from the Democratic Party, so they view it as a choice between one Democrat and another Democrat.