Although it's only due to the absence of a viable further-left party in this nation,
a lacking which I consider to be an abomination,
I myself am a registered Democrat since 1967 when I turned 21.
I expect that in a nation with lots of trumpanzees and lots of guns, I need to be wary of troglodyte republicans seeking to kill me if I give them too much of a chance.
We don't have very many republicans in Boston, thankfully, but one single germ can start an epidemic if we're not on our toes.
Murderous tendencies are considered very bad, but are they really any worse than actually voting republican?