Portrait of a female GOP voter who could hand the House majority to the Democrats

So, Smith is doing something unprecedented for her: volunteering on a major political campaign. With critical midterm elections four weeks out, she’s knocking on doors for Democrat Phil Bredesen, the former governor who is running for an open Senate seat in Tennessee against Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn.

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Smith isn’t complaining about Blackburn’s support for the $1.3 trillion tax overhaul, or GOP plans to dismantle what’s left of Obamacare. She didn’t seem all that concerned about the conservative makeover of the federal judiciary, or all that motivated by the row over Brett Kavanaugh, whose Supreme Court nomination was roiled by sexual misconduct allegations. For Smith, voting Democrat is about stopping Trump.

“His behavior, making fun of people, mocking people, is just so distasteful and it doesn’t help anything. It’s not pushing things forward,” Smith said in an interview. “He is not a traditional Republican. I’m still here, is what I feel like. I’m still here as a moderate Republican and he does not represent me.”

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