Asked if he will vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming election, Republican Utah Governor Spencer Cox doesn’t hesitate to obfuscate, but ultimately says he won’t. “I’ve said before, I haven’t voted for the top of the ticket since 2012. I’ve certainly had my concerns, one of those is what happened on January 6th. I’m hopeful. I want my Party to win. They chose a candidate this time around that was not my first choice; it wasn’t my choice last time either, but the Party’s spoken. That’s who they have chosen, and so I’ve said I’m not going to vote for either Presidential candidate this year. I’ll write somebody in as I’ve done in the past, but I do want Donald Trump to succeed, I want my Party to win. We desperately need the right people in the right positions.” And then he pivots to Trump’s VP selection.
That’s something that you won’t hear on the Democratic side: no Democratic leader is saying they will not vote for Joe Biden or any other Democratic candidate. While Democrats are concerned about Biden’s vigor, no Democrat says they will not vote for him if he stays at the top of the ticket.