John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, voted for his party’s 2008 nominee, John McCain, instead of the current nominee, Donald Trump.

Chris Schrimpf, Kasich's spokesman, told The Cleveland Plain Dealer of the governor’s decision and said that he voted Republican on the rest of his ballot. His move was purely symbolic as Mr McCain is not one of the 18 certified write-candidates in the state of Ohio.

People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Show all 8 1 /8 People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Miley Cyrus 'God’ he thinks he is the f***ing chosen one or some shit! … Honestly f*** this sh*t I am moving if this is my president! I don’t say things I don’t mean!' Jemal Countess/Getty Images People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Whoopi Goldberg 'I don’t think that’s America. I don’t want it to be America. Maybe it’s time for me to move you know' People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Samuel L. Jackson 'If that mother**er becomes president, I’m moving my black ass to South Africa' People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Raven Symone 'My confession for this election is, if any Republican gets nominated, I’m gonna move to Canada with my entire family. Is that bad? I already have my ticket. I literally bought my ticket, I swear' People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Cher 'If he were to be elected, I'm moving to Jupiter' People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Neve Campbell 'I’m terrified. It’s really scary. My biggest fear is that Trump will triumph. I cannot believe that he is still in the game ... [I'll] move back to Canada' People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Jon Stewart 'I would consider getting in a rocket and going to another planet, because clearly this planet’s gone bonkers' People who will flee America if Donald Trump wins Randy Blythe 'He could just be a clown. If he is the president, though, I am leaving America 'till he's gone'

After a decade-old video surfaced from Mr Trump’s sexually lewd conversation with a giggling Billy Bush, Mr Kasich promised that he would not support the former reality television star’s race to the White House.

"Donald Trump is a man I cannot and should not support," he wrote in a statement on October 8.