My family voted Democrat in protest.

They lived in a town that was run by a 'Paternalistic' Copper Mining Company.

The Mining Company determined and provided: employment, promotions, wages, housing, utilities, education, opportunity for your children and medical care.

If you were critical of or spoke out against the Company, you were 'screwed'.

The 'Company' controlled most things in local government, including elections, via the Republican officials. The 'ballots' were not secret.

p.s. - All this being said, my 'forefathers' (and mothers) would not have supported the present Democrat Party!