Describe a Taft 1908/Debs 1912 voter

[Sumner 1868]

What do this voter look like?

[Sumner 1868]

Anyone?

[Rockefeller GOP]

A Republican who towed the party line mostly because of civil rights but was out of the mainstream in his party when it came to fiscal policies and foreign policy.  By 1912, he no longer felt at home, and the GOP was no longer sufficiently pro-civil rights to keep him.

[Sumner 1868]

A Republican who towed the party line mostly because of civil rights but was out of the mainstream in his party when it came to fiscal policies and foreign policy.  By 1912, he no longer felt at home, and the GOP was no longer sufficiently pro-civil rights to keep him.

I can see this.

I just realized Mark Twain would probably be this had he lived a little longer.

[Thunderbird is the word]

A Republican who towed the party line mostly because of civil rights but was out of the mainstream in his party when it came to fiscal policies and foreign policy.  By 1912, he no longer felt at home, and the GOP was no longer sufficiently pro-civil rights to keep him.

I can see this.

I just realized Mark Twain would probably be this had he lived a little longer.

Maybe an anti-imperialist progressive Republican who would be inclined to vote for TR but was turned off by his jingoism also.

In past "who would you have voted for" games this is often how i've imagined my voting shift.

[Sumner 1868]

A Republican who towed the party line mostly because of civil rights but was out of the mainstream in his party when it came to fiscal policies and foreign policy.  By 1912, he no longer felt at home, and the GOP was no longer sufficiently pro-civil rights to keep him.

I can see this.

I just realized Mark Twain would probably be this had he lived a little longer.

Maybe an anti-imperialist progressive Republican who would be inclined to vote for TR but was turned off by his jingoism also.

In past "who would you have voted for" games this is often how i've imagined my voting shift.

I wonder how this person votes in 1916?

[Thunderbird is the word]

A Republican who towed the party line mostly because of civil rights but was out of the mainstream in his party when it came to fiscal policies and foreign policy.  By 1912, he no longer felt at home, and the GOP was no longer sufficiently pro-civil rights to keep him.

I can see this.

I just realized Mark Twain would probably be this had he lived a little longer.

Maybe an anti-imperialist progressive Republican who would be inclined to vote for TR but was turned off by his jingoism also.

In past "who would you have voted for" games this is often how i've imagined my voting shift.

I wonder how this person votes in 1916?

Possibly Wilson if they like his child labor reforms and naively think at that point that he's the more anti-war candidate.