{"id":17769,"date":"2024-10-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=17769"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:36:43","slug":"2024-general-election-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/2024-general-election-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 General Election Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Idaho, the best time to select conservative candidates is typically the <a href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/gem-state-patriot-2024-gop-primary-endorsements\/\">Primary Election<\/a>, where voters often have a choice between an establishment RINO and a true conservative. Once we get to the General Election, the choice (when there is one) is usually between a Republican and a Democrat, and voting for Democrats is simply not justifiable in 2024, when their party has unreservedly embraced the most radical forms of anti-American Marxism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In most cases, voting for Republicans in the General Election is the right choice. There are some cases, however, where we must break with this standard and vote for the truly conservative candidate or reject a Republican nominee whose betrayals of the Party Platform and Constitutional principles are too extreme to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this understanding in mind, we present the following recommended candidates for races in which voting against the Republican candidate is the right thing to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ada County Sheriff<\/strong> \u2014 Doug Traubel (Constitution Party)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Idaho State Senate, District 1<\/strong> \u2014 Dan Rose (Independent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Idaho State Senate, District 21<\/strong> \u2014 Mike Long (Libertarian Party)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Idaho State Senate, District 26<\/strong> \u2014 Kala Tate (Independent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<strong>NOTE:<\/strong> We are not offering recommendations in races where the only conservative is a write-in candidate.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will also point out that there are a number of races in which the Republican nominee faces no conservative opposition, despite not being a conservative themselves. It is up to each conservative voter to decide when withholding your vote is morally necessary. You are encouraged to consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/index.idahofreedom.org\/\">Idaho Freedom Index<\/a> to learn more about how your legislators behave once elected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Idaho, the best time to select conservative candidates is typically the Primary Election, where voters often have a choice between an establishment RINO and a true conservative. 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