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Why people register with political parties is beyond me.
I doubt I will ever register with a political party or ever give one penny to ANY political organization/election campaign.
IMO, 90+% of all politicians are corrupt and/or incompetent...why on Earth would I ant to support them in ANY way?
The reason to register with a political party is that in many states the primaries are closed, so you have to be a member of the party to vote in the primary. As I stated elsewhere in the thread I live in the KC area. When we moved to the Kansas side of the metro I registered as a Republican when I registered to vote. Reason being is that in Kansas we have one party that basically controls everything, the Republican Party. However, for all intents and purposes there are two Republican Parties in Kansas, the Moderate Republicans and the Conservative Republicans. Other than when Kathleen Sebelius was Governor, the Democrats have no power in the state. So if you want to fully participate in the state and local politics, you need to register as a Republican. Our State Representative is a moderate Republican. She is very pragmatic and I like her. The last thing I would want is for her to lose in the primaries to some nut job from the Brownback wing of the party. So I registered Republican so I could vote for her and candidates like her.