A spokesman said former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush voted two weeks ago, but it is unclear who they voted for, if anyone, at the top of the ballot. | Getty George W. and Laura Bush vote for none-of-the-above

Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, declined to vote for either Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump, a spokesman for the 43rd president told POLITICO on Tuesday.

The former couple voted for "None Of The Above for President," spokesman Freddy Ford said, adding they they voted "Republican downballot."


The Wall Street Journal initially reported that the Bushes had not voted for either major party nominee, an almost unheard-of snub in modern presidential politics. The Journal report came after Rush Limbaugh had said on his radio show Tuesday morning that the former president had in fact voted for Clinton.

The family, which watched as Trump lambasted Jeb Bush throughout the primary, has avoided the GOP nominee since then. In September, POLITICO reported that former President George H.W. Bush was supporting Clinton after a friend of the family posted a photo on Facebook with the former president, captioned: "The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!!”

That friend, Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, later told POLITICO that the 41st president had indicated he would be voting for a Democrat.

If George W. Bush also didn’t vote for Trump, that means no living former president will have voted for the GOP candidate.