With the recent economic downtown the country is facing many voters have been forced to reflect and analyze their voting preferences.
Some of this reflection has brought about change. Change in which candidate voters are willing to elect and the willingness to look beyond partisan labels.
A growing group of staunch Republicans have begun to cast their ballot for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. The group has taken the name “Republicans for Obama.”
“There is an increasing number of Republicans voting for Obama,” said Daniel Rubin, spokesman for Obama for America. “Some of these people for Obama voted for Bush twice in past elections.”
Scott Monroe, a Delray Beach teacher and lifelong Republican, changed his party affiliation to Democrat just to vote for Obama in the primary.
He only changed his affiliation to vote for Obama and plans to change it back to Republican after the election is completed.
“I just don’t like the way things are,” Monroe said. “I don’t’ like the current fiscal policy or the social issues that did not get accomplished.”
Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.
Read more about this story in the Nov. 5 issue of the Boynton Forum.