Well, in most states you can register as an independent, as opposed to picking a party. Maybe that's not deep enough, but it's a start.
Well, in most states you can register as an independent, as opposed to picking a party. Maybe that's not deep enough, but it's a start.
Well Ser, to give you an example, in New York State the primaries are closed, so unless you register you cannot participate. I went ahead and registered as an indie for a simple reason; so that the politicians in my district would see that there were some independents. Letting my non-affiliation flag fly, as it were.
When you register to vote you are asked to tick off an affiliation, or at least you are in the states I've lived in since I've reached adulthood.
My politics teacher said that psephological studies have revealed that 70% of the US Population is partisan, with the rest independents. Admittedly, at least some of those independents are leaners, or lolbertarians , but there are probably more than 10%.
Yep. That's how Bush won in 2004. That's why they place such great emphasis on "energising the base"
So other than a registered Democrat/Republican the registered Independent does not get the right to actively participate in the nomination of a candidate - but the registration rather serves the purpose tto demonstrate that you consciously did not register as Democrat/Republican as opposed to not registering because you are not interested in the whole election process anyway?
Just paraphrasing to make sure I understood it![]()
Not exactly, no. My intent is that when the politicos look at their district maps, they will see a percentage of independents. I think that's healthy for them.
And to be honest, I have chronic problems with both the Dems and the Repubs, and have no desire to be affiliated with either.
Last edited by drone; 01-27-2010 at 21:54. Reason: clarification
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This varies from state to state, as the comments of Drone and Lemur suggest.
You don't really "register" as a party member in VA. You simply choose your party ballot and select as appropriate at the polls. I'm an unregistered GOP-type, but voted for Hillary in the VA pres primary as a favor to Louis (and because I thought the GOP had a better chance against her than against Obama -- which proved to be true).
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