Ticket-splitting survived as a viable option in my state of Massachusetts through the first two decades of the 21st century. Gov. Charlie Baker (R) was elected to his 2nd term in 2018. He decided not to run for a 3rd in 2022, possibly because the MA GOP had by then gone so MAGA that he might not have survived the primary. So now every st…
Ticket-splitting survived as a viable option in my state of Massachusetts through the first two decades of the 21st century. Gov. Charlie Baker (R) was elected to his 2nd term in 2018. He decided not to run for a 3rd in 2022, possibly because the MA GOP had by then gone so MAGA that he might not have survived the primary. So now every statewide elective office is held by a Democrat. (I could go on about how awful our Democratic-supermajority state legislature is but I'll save that for another time.)
The last, and possibly the only, Republican I ever voted for was my county's venerable clerk of courts. He retired in 2018 after 40+ years in the job. I voted for him for the last 30 or so.
Ticket-splitting survived as a viable option in my state of Massachusetts through the first two decades of the 21st century. Gov. Charlie Baker (R) was elected to his 2nd term in 2018. He decided not to run for a 3rd in 2022, possibly because the MA GOP had by then gone so MAGA that he might not have survived the primary. So now every statewide elective office is held by a Democrat. (I could go on about how awful our Democratic-supermajority state legislature is but I'll save that for another time.)
Currently, I never vote Repub.
The last, and possibly the only, Republican I ever voted for was my county's venerable clerk of courts. He retired in 2018 after 40+ years in the job. I voted for him for the last 30 or so.
I voted Repub once or twice. Long ago. That party loyalty runs deep, for either. My two sisters had enough with chump. My two bros, not so much