How would you describe a Reagan-Reagan-Bush-Perot-Perot-Bush-Peroutka-McCain-Paul-Trump-Trump voter?
A Marylandish conservative who was annoyed with Newt Gingrich's tribalism and went for Perot, a moderate, twice. In 2000, went for the 'compassionate conservatism' of George W. Bush and then for fellow Marylander Peroutka. In 2008, went for the conservative McCain, in 2012 for Rand Paul (because he disliked Romney for being Mormon) and then for Trump twice.
Fun fact: this is how I would vote in every election since 1980. I usually vote Republican, but I would have voted for Perot, not because of Gingrich, but because I preferred his more populist message to that of the 1990s GOP. I would have voted for Peroutka over Bush in 2004, because I would not have approved of the Iraq War. I almost would have voted for Buchanan, but I decided to vote for Bush given how close the election was, forgetting that I lived in a safe Gore state. I would have reluctantly voted for McCain in 2008, but probably regretted that and probably would have voted for Paul in hindsight, so I voted Libertarian in 2012, as I would have seen Romney as no better than McCain.
