09/26/2026
From Democrat to Conservative: My Journey
I need to tell this story from a Democratic point of view—at least at the start—because I once was a Democrat. I’m speaking from that perspective for a moment, in the hope that the right person on the left side of the fence will hear me.
Where do I start? Let’s begin when President Obama became president in 2009. I was 21 years old and had never voted before. I lived in Atlantic City, and I could hear people cheering outside my apartment. The first Black president. What an honor.
Up to that point I had never been married, though I had children and always hoped I would eventually marry. I never did. I had friends from every race, religion, and background—including gay friends. By every outward measure you would have considered me a liberal. The only exceptions were that I didn’t believe in abortion, and I didn’t think you had to be married to have a child. Children are a blessing from God.
Now I’ll speak from a conservative point of view. In this country, a conservative outlook means we believe in the Constitution. We believe in family. Most of us are anti-abortion. Racism is not part of conservative views—hear me out.
The United States is the most diverse, multicultural country on the planet. From birth through adolescence and into adulthood, we have been raised among a wide range of people we all consider our equals: Latin Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans—you name it. That diversity is irrelevant to our identity. It is what makes us American.
Let me show you how Democrats use this to their advantage. If you are a United States citizen born in this country, you have rights that should make you value the Constitution and the rule of law—the principles many associate with Republicans. You are a natural-born citizen protected by the laws that govern this nation. If you come from another country, you do not automatically possess those same rights. You are not a natural-born citizen. In some cases, Democrats work with foreign governments and stand on the opposing side of the fence.
The lines get blurry when religion, race, and politics mix, and we lose sight of who we are actually fighting for. We are fighting for everyday Americans—the Black one, the Chinese one, the gay one, the single mom. It is our job as Americans to protect ourselves from foreign interference.
This is where Democrats manipulate their power: Guatemalan s*x changes, gender-affirming care for children, full-term abortions, treating transs*xuals as biological women. These radical ideas exist simply because they have no solid foundation. Americans aren’t racist. Republicans aren’t racist. Democrats use these tactics to divide and conquer.
The first time I ever voted in my entire life was the year Donald Trump ran against Hillary Clinton. Trump was inaugurated in January 2017. I watched all the debates and argued with others about who was the more qualified candidate. My choice was Hillary. At 29 years old, knowing little about politics, I was dead set on Clinton. I told myself she must have gained a wealth of knowledge from her husband and was clearly the more qualified candidate. This is why it’s important to do your own research.
For the entire presidential debate season I stayed locked on Clinton. I didn’t fully understand what Trump was referring to when he talked about the emails. Although now I do. Then, in the last week before the election—the final week to vote—I believe Russian interference entered the picture. All I know is that I suddenly received loads of videos from independent journalists: interviews of women who said they had been silenced, alleging Bill Clinton had s*xually abused them and that Hillary had helped sweep it under the rug. These were serious allegations against the Clintons, arriving in the final days.
So what did I do? I switched. I voted for Trump. My intuition told me he was going to win, even though I didn’t like him much. I thought he was arrogant and rude. To be perfectly honest, I thought he’d bankrupt the country. But here we are.
The only two times I have ever voted in my life were the first time Trump won and the last time he won. I went from being a Democrat in that first election, through the years of “Sleepy Joe” Biden, to becoming a conservative.
I think this story is important to tell because I want to show you where I came from—and where I am now.
