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[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Consider this. As this was his first presidential election to vote in, registering Democrat meant voting in a meaningless primary, so registering Republican would be a strategic choice to vote against Trump as a nominee.

Is this the case? We don't know yet, but voter registration for a 20 year old doesn't infer much

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

He registered as a Republican in 2021, and voted in the 2022 election, so it wasn't for a strategic vote against Trump, unless he was thinking ahead by several years.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Both primaries were forgone conclusions.