--- title: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Won't Get Jeb Bush's Vote description: In a Facebook post, Jeb Bush explains why he refuses to vote for Donald Trump, whom he calls "not a consistent conservative." canonical: https://time.com/4321922/jeb-bush-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-vote/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-06T21:24:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:21:45.440Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush Says He Won't Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton og:description: Bush says Trump is "not a consistent conservative" og:url: https://time.com/4321922/jeb-bush-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-vote/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2cb10d5a58fe1/6988924a0b72e397676e94aa/jeb-bush-not-voting-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jeb Bush Holds Town Hall In Columbia, South Carolina og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush Says He Won't Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton twitter:description: Bush says Trump is "not a consistent conservative" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2cb10d5a58fe1/6988924a0b72e397676e94aa/jeb-bush-not-voting-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush Says He Won't Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton by [Carrie Dann / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Carrie Dann / NBC News May 6, 2016 9:24 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to an audience of voters on February 18, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to an audience of voters on February 18, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina.Spencer Platt/Getty Images by [Carrie Dann / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Carrie Dann / NBC News May 6, 2016 9:24 PM UTC Former presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will not vote for Donald Trump in November, saying the presumptive GOP nominee is “not a consistent conservative” and has not showed the right “strength of character” for the job. Bush wrote in a Facebook post that the president requires “great fortitude and humility and the temperament and strong character to deal with the unexpected challenges that will inevitably impact our nation in the next four years.” “Donald Trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character,” he said. “He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/graham-i-cannot-good-conscience-support-donald-trump-n569511?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4321922/jeb-bush-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-vote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4321922/jeb-bush-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-vote/"},"headline":"Jeb Bush Says He Won't Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-05-06T21:24:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:21:45.440Z","description":"Bush says Trump is \"not a consistent conservative\"","url":"https://time.com/4321922/jeb-bush-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-vote/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2cb10d5a58fe1/6988924a0b72e397676e94aa/jeb-bush-not-voting-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Carrie Dann / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69c2cb10d5a58fe1/6988924a0b72e397676e94aa/jeb-bush-not-voting-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jeb Bush Holds Town Hall In Columbia, South Carolina","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to an audience of voters on February 18, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina.","creditText":"Spencer Platt/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4321922/jeb-bush-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-vote/","name":"Jeb Bush Says He Won't Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```