Reformed Republican Dumped Democrats

[Skyrad 0]

With the UK election coming up I've noticed some differences between how we do things and how out cousins across the pond do things. So I was wondering how many people really do switch alligence in the USA?

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[tr027 0]

It doesn't matter if you switch 'allegiance'. Both parties are corrupt and running the country into the ground as they both belong to the same parasite. Both fake having an interest in the common people. The great conflict isn't left vs right or republican vs democrat, it's the government vs you. People are just now starting to see the corruption but haven't yet figured out it's inherent in the system.

"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. " -John Galt from Atlas Shrugged, 1957

[Nightingale 0]

We have more parties than just the Republicans and Democrats.

I used to be Democrat, switched to Libertarian because I thought the democrats were fiscally irresponsible.

While we are largely restricted to voting for candidates from our own party in the primary election, where each party decides which candidate to put forward, in the general election we can vote for whoever we choose. Some of us vote along party lines, some examine the individual candidates and make and informed choice.

Personally, I look at how my party advises me to vote, take that into account along with their analysis, and then examine each candidate and proposed new laws on my own, reading analysis provided by those outside my party as well. I then make my decision, and most times it is in line with the way the party is going (after all, I joined the party because I agree with their main stances), but sometimes it isn't.

[rehmwa 2]

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I used to be Democrat, switched to Libertarian because I thought the democrats were fiscally irresponsible.

Funny it's the same reason I switch from Rep to Libertarian (that, and, once I looked at it, their social agenda looked just as loony as the Dems though from the other side of a very twisty coin)

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[davjohns 1]

I'm conservative and libertarian. Really wish we had a viable party.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[Beachbum 0]

I vote for the candidate I think will do the best job, regardless of party. To me, anyone who always votes a straight party ticket is nuts. Nobody will ever convince me that every single candidate from any party are always better then all of their opponents.

Primaries ... here (Texas) you aren't tied to a primary based on party, but can vote in any primary (only one though!). I vote in whichever one has a race in which I have more concern about who the final candidate will be.

As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?

[Nightingale 0]

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I used to be Democrat, switched to Libertarian because I thought the democrats were fiscally irresponsible.

Funny it's the same reason I switch from Rep to Libertarian (that, and, once I looked at it, their social agenda looked just as loony as the Dems though from the other side of a very twisty coin)

I came to the same conclusion. I think both main parties social agenda is over the top and bordering on social control (see health care and prop 8) and neither party has shown anything resembling fiscal responsibility in the last decade or so. So, I declared a pox on both their houses and registered libertarian.

While the libertarian party is not as politically influential as the republicans or democrats, it is the third largest political party in the USA and is getting more popular, particularly with republicans who don't like the religious bent that their party is taking, and with democrats who dislike the socialist social agenda that the democrats are pushing.