Bond: An R Voting Straight-Ticket D

At the Wallace Street Journal, chief ranter David Bond, a second-generation Republican, tells why he’s voting straight-ticket Democrat this year in Idaho elections, beginning:

“Being a second-generation Republican – Dad served the 6 ^th District of Washington State as an “R” in the House for many terms, and was deemed a “troglodyte” by that state’s (also Republican) governor for his obstinance over raising taxes and his opposition to motorcycle helmet laws (“If the fools want to kill themselves, why is that our business?”) — this is a tough thing to say: We are pulling a straight Democrat lever come next month’s county and state elections. Apologies to Butch and Lori Otter, who we respect and admire: If we thought our vote would matter we would throw it Butch’s way. But the reality is that loonies are running the asylum, and it’s time to kick the (expletive deleted) out. Never in Idaho politics has extremism so suffused Idaho’s governance.” Full rant here.

Question: Can you be an Idaho Republican and vote straight-ticket Democrat?