March 16--Republicans and Democrats took to the polls in the western suburbs Tuesday to make their choices in the presidential contents, and the focus of several voters was Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and anybody but Donald Trump.
Mark Skowron of Hinsdale said he voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the Republican primary because "he seems to be the most civil." Kasich also has the experience of being a congressman and a governor, Skowron said.
"I was for Trump but Trump turned me off the more and more he would say," Skowron said. "The second to the last debate, he kept calling [Florida Sen. Marco] Rubio 'Little Marco.' This guy is not presidential. He'll call the premier of China some epithet and get us into World War III."
Skowron said he agrees with Trump that society is too politically correct, but that Trump ended up turning him off.
Cheryl Smith of Hinsdale said she voted for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, because "I like what his parents did'" although she acknowledged his nomination "is sort of hopeless."
Bob Barr of Hinsdale said he voted for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz because "Trump is too radical; and Rubio, I don't think can win."
As for Kasich, Barr said, "I like him, but I felt he is too far behind."
But Beth George of Hinsdale said she voted for Kasich because of "his policies, from an economic perspective. And he is a little more rational in his foreign policy views."
Trump did have some support. Carmen Baldoza Banez and her husband, Joseph Banez, of Hinsdale said they voted for Trump.
"I think he is telling the truth," Baldoza Banez said. "He tried to start the campaign telling the truth about what's going on in the country."
Her husband said he hopes Trump "would simmer down. I feel he might be the nominee."
In Oak Brook, Raymond Jansen, 74, said he voted for Cruz.
"I've been behind him from the start," Jansen said. "I think he has very good values, and I don't think that's the case with many of them anymore."
