How Democratic appeals to anti-Trump Republicans could backfire

Published August 2, 2016 4:01am ET



Democrats made a big push for a surprising group of voters at their national convention in Philadelphia: Republicans who are unhappy Donald Trump is their nominee.

Former Ronald Reagan speechwriter Doug Elmets told the crowd that the 2016 GOP platform was the most alarming he’d ever seen and that Trump is “no Ronald Reagan.” Republican Women for Hillary co-founder Meghan Milloy explained to Democrats why she, as a lifelong Republican, couldn’t support this year’s GOP nominee.

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