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What Party Are You Registered To?

What Party Are You Registered To?

  • Republican

    Votes: 17 25.8%

  • Libertarian

    Votes: 3 4.5%

  • Democrat

    Votes: 12 18.2%

  • Green

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Constitution

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 33 50.0%
  • Total voters
    66
DA60 said:
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?
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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.
 
I am not registered to any party- only registered to vote.
 
tacomancer said:
there needs to be a none option. My loyalty needs to be won by policy on a per election basis.

My voting habits are all over the map though.

Locally, I prefer to vote for libertarians. State wise, I tend to vote for whoever is best at the time. Nationally, I tend to support smaller parties.
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I have a similar set of requirements for my vote. If one candidate is just all around awful I will vote for the other major to block them, however if I get a choice I will vote for the best option, I swing more Libertarian but have voted for all three parties at one time or another.
 
clownboy said:
When you registered to vote you chose a party. You may have forgotten that part. If you left it blank, you're generally, dependng upon the state, listed as non-affiliated.

So, you're never received a primary ballot? If you have, the party whose ballot you receive is the party you registered for.
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I never "chose a party" when I registered to vote. Maybe things are different in my state.
 
As undecided I get to pick the best of sentences of them all and switch at will. I voted other.
 
I'm not registered with any major party.
 
You left out the Democratic Party of which I am a registered member.

Don't make that mistake again.
 
If anyone in Texas says they're a registered anything, they have no understanding our system and probably shouldn't be voting.
 
I am registered as an independent in Virginia. Candidate party affiliation doesn't interest me nearly as much as the candidate's views of government and it's responsibilities.
 
"With which political party are you registered" reads and sounds better.....
a little better....
Independent, as I recall, I detest being categorized, or being placed in some little box....no political party fully suits me....one may call me a fiscal conservative and a social liberal.The truth is what interests me , not political ideology.
 
clownboy said:
When you registered to vote you chose a party. You may have forgotten that part. If you left it blank, you're generally, dependng upon the state, listed as non-affiliated.
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This is not correct. There are many states that require no party affiliation in order to vote. Some states simply restrict you to one party's ballot in the primary (open primary states). There are three states that require no party affiliation and permit voters to vote for whomever they choose in primaries, regardless of party affiliation.
 
loader said:
I proudly registered to Republican party. Party of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, party which destroy slavery and keep unity of the country.
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And now the party most likely to be embraced by secessionists.
 
Frankly, I'm not sure.

I change party affiliation as often as I change socks.

Lemme see...

I wanna say that I'm a Republican at the moment due to the 2013 special election Republican primary where I voted for Steve Lonegan who won but then went on to lose to Cory Booker in the general special election both in the state and, inexplicably, in my district (NJ-11).

I didn't vote in the 2012 Republican Senate primary because I didn't have a preference and figured Kyrillos would walk away with it, which he did.

There was no 2010 Senate race in NJ and my Rep, Frelinghuysen (R NJ-11), ran unopposed.

Prior to that I'd been registered Democrat since the 2008 presidential primary (when I voted for Clinton).

Any further back than that and I'd really have to think about it.
 
DVSentinel said:
Texas has open primaries, so we don't register to vote by party either.
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I prefer it that way as it gives the citizen the ultimate power of the widest choice and does not box them in. I myself voted for Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential primary in Michigan.
 
TeleKat said:
What party are you registered to? Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, or other?

I have been a proud card-carrying member of the Libertarian Party since 2010. :mrgreen:
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I do not belong to any party and haven't most my life. I did briefly join the democrat party during Bush's tenure.
 
Registered Republican to take part in caucuses and etc.

Vote my conscience, the issues, and the individual, which means I rarely (if ever) vote for a Democrat. ;)
 
American said:
The other 5% you don't vote. :lol:
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Too funny.....no...I actually vote for a moderate Republican ocassionally. Sometimes in California you get these conservative democrat candidates that are worse than the moderate Republicans. It doesn't happen that often...maybe about once every 3-4 years. Otherwise, I pretty much vote Democrat. I've also voted for a few green party candidates over the last 5 years.
 
disneydude said:
Too funny.....no...I actually vote for a moderate Republican ocassionally. Sometimes in California you get these conservative democrat candidates that are worse than the moderate Republicans. It doesn't happen that often...maybe about once every 3-4 years. Otherwise, I pretty much vote Democrat. I've also voted for a few green party candidates over the last 5 years.
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Green Party, ewwww. :doh
 
disneydude said:
Too funny.....no...I actually vote for a moderate Republican ocassionally. Sometimes in California you get these conservative democrat candidates that are worse than the moderate Republicans. It doesn't happen that often...maybe about once every 3-4 years. Otherwise, I pretty much vote Democrat. I've also voted for a few green party candidates over the last 5 years.
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A "moderate" republican in California is pretty much a hard core liberal in sensible states.
 
I just turned eighteen last year, so I'm not registered to any party, let alone registered to vote. I'll get on that when I go down to IU in the fall.
 
DVSentinel said:
A "moderate" republican in California is pretty much a hard core liberal in sensible states.
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Not really....but then I just noticed that you are from Texas, so that pretty much explains it all.
 
clownboy said:
I have an attraction to those states that have the non-partisan type primary voting. I see where it may cut down on the participation, but I'd really love to see that nationally, especially for POTUS.

Imagine the public being able to choose the best two to run against each other - even if they are of the same party. The two highest vote getters would be the candidates. No more choosing the lessor of two evils (or at least some reduction in that).
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Move across the Columbia river and that's what you'll get.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
They probably have open primaries. In states with open primaries you can vote for any candidate in any party (of course just one candidate). Personally I think that is a much better system because closed primaries promote more extreme candidates as a primary candidate only has to appeal to their party's most motivated base voters. Open primaries tend to promote more moderate candidates moving forward (Bachmann not withstanding of course)
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That actually isn't true. In closed primary states, you register by party. In open primary states, you declare which party's ballot you want in the primary, or you receive a ballot for each party but may only vote one. In blanket primary states - of which there are three (Washington, Louisiana, and California), you can vote for any candidate of any party in the primary.
 
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