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Sat September 1, 2012
Election 2012

'Why I'm A Republican'

Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 10:10 am

Credit NPR
New Jersey delegate April Bengivenga says two words describe why she became a Republican: Ronald Reagan.

Throughout the week at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., NPR digital journalists asked delegates, politicians and other attendees to react to the statement: "Why I'm a Republican." Here are some of those responses. (And here's what we heard from Democrats in Charlotte.)

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