Gabbard is an interesting case. I lived in Hawaii for 20+ years - and it's a monoparty state for the most part. Some of the Democrats there are actually Republicans. Tulsi's father Mike Gabbard was a very conservative Republican who switched over to the Democrat Party because that's how stuff gets done in Hawaii.
Political parties in a sense are no longer completely coherent, and particularly younger voters (under 50) don't neatly fit into any of the Party Platforms. Platforms in a sense are just ad copy in any event, the Congressmen vote in blocs or vote in accordance with the dominant lobbying group at the time.
I can see that happening in Hawaii, because it's almost happening here. 100% vote by mail has enabled election fraud to deliver to the Dems a supermajority in both state houses, and has a lock on state bureaucrats too. I read a couple years ago, maybe less, that most Americans of voting age consider themselves independents. That may have changed with the recent initiative shift to the Republican Party. I hope not, but I think it may have.
Pretty sure they vote for who they're told to by their blackmailers, for the most part.
I can see that happening in Hawaii, because it's almost happening here. 100% vote by mail has enabled election fraud to deliver to the Dems a supermajority in both state houses, and has a lock on state bureaucrats too. I read a couple years ago, maybe less, that most Americans of voting age consider themselves independents. That may have changed with the recent initiative shift to the Republican Party. I hope not, but I think it may have.
Pretty sure they vote for what they're told to by their blackmailers, for the most part.