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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
Obligatory North Dakota brag post.

We don't have to register to vote, let alone provide any sort of registration by party.

Booya!
 
I won't vote in primaries. Rush tried his Operation: Chaos crap by telling conservatives to register as Democrats and vote Obama, since Hillary was a more viable opponent.

Cute little screw job...

Oh, I never fail to vote in the primaries. If you're active in local politics, you know that this is where you try to stop the rascals--right here in town. Let them make it to the district or state level, and a few of the more slippery ones will inevitably slither to D.C.

I think your responsibility as a good citizen is to keep as many rascals, whatever the color of the stripe up their backs, out of office. Sometimes, the primaries do just that.
 
Obligatory North Dakota brag post.

We don't have to register to vote, let alone provide any sort of registration by party.

Booya!

That MAY be a good thing, how are primaries handled?
 
Brings about another question, how are those largely mythical red state/blue state maps done for those 20 states that have open primaries? Especially for like MN where the state doesn't record party registrations.
 
I believe the requirement to vote in a primary is to have registered with that political party should be eliminated. Not all states require it. Texas doesn't. Florida does. As examples.
 
Oh, I never fail to vote in the primaries. If you're active in local politics, you know that this is where you try to stop the rascals--right here in town. Let them make it to the district or state level, and a few of the more slippery ones will inevitably slither to D.C.

I think your responsibility as a good citizen is to keep as many rascals, whatever the color of the stripe up their backs, out of office. Sometimes, the primaries do just that.

Republicans tried that with Obama. "Alright, we won! They'll never elect a black, fringe-left pseudo-Marxist into office..."

Enter the facepalm.
 
I believe the requirement to vote in a primary is to have registered with that political party should be eliminated. Not all states require it. Texas doesn't. Florida does. As examples.

As already posted:

The open primary could also be viewed as bad for voter participation. Statistics show that voter participation in the United States was higher when people could only vote in the primary for their own party. In Hawaii, primary voter turnout fell from 74.6% in 1978 to 42.2% in 2006 after changing to open primaries.[4] The closed primary system had more of an incentive for people to join one of the major parties. This led to people being more involved in the voting process. With the open primary, some argue, more voters become independent and are less likely to participate in the nominating or election processes
 
I've been registered Republican since I turned 18, but I don't vote down party lines, I vote for the best individual for the job, or in recent years, for the lesser of the two evils. There really hasn't been a single candidate in any party worth voting for in at least 20 years.
 
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).
 
I am a proud member (and the only member) of the Mycroft School of Cognitive Reasoning Party.
 
That MAY be a good thing, how are primaries handled?

Find your district voting area, show up to location, produce identification (state issued ID, university/college ID, Tribal Gov ID, long term care ID cert, etc.) to staff (who will see if you are listed, and if not, will write you in), and vote away. We have an open primary system (state and local) and do caucuses (Presidential) as well. During the caucus, you essentially sign a pledge that you intend to vote Republican or have an affiliation with the GOP the previous general election. It's an honor system, but the state GOP isn't fearful of infiltration. Absentee voting by mail requires ND ID, passport/military ID, and an attester who themselves has a validated ND means of identification.

Previously we had an affidavit procedure, but the claim by the Republican legislature was that there were too many claims and the potential for fraudulent votes (not that this was traditionally a problem in the state, but you know...gotta follow that Tea Party logic-if they think it's happening in places like California, it must be happening here!). We used to have utility bills and such accepted, but I think the North Dakotan Republicans have become fadish and take "problems" affecting other parts of the country and act like it's happening here (when in fact, we've never had any substantial interest or concern in restricting voting procedures until Republicans across the country started making a fuss in the past 2 years).

So we had been moved from a simple voting state to a much stricter state (while we do not have voter registration). I think making it stricter was stupid, but not really ultimately incredibly harmful. It will hurt some folks, but far less than what other states are doing.
 
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Obligatory North Dakota brag post.

We don't have to register to vote, let alone provide any sort of registration by party.

Booya!

It's because you live in North Dakota and they know that anyone wishing to fraudulently vote in North Dakota would have to actually visit North Dakota. So they figure they have nothing to worry about. :)





(I am only kidding, I live on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro so I would be one to talk)
 
I am a non-affiliated registered voter. If I had my way we would have a Caucus system instead of a primary voting. The reason is that one of the excuses of states that have have a high bar to recognize a Party as an official party is due to the cost of running the Primaries. And the more Parties involved the greater the cost. If each Party ran their own Caucus then during the General election the general public can then choose among them along with independent candidates. And there would be more than two choices to choose from.

If anyone would object that that would limit participation in the political process then I would say just voting for some candidate in a Primary is not doing much participation and if thy wanted to have their say then they can be a member of a party that participates on the district level which would be more than just voting for some candidate.
 
It's because you live in North Dakota and they know that anyone wishing to fraudulently vote in North Dakota would have to actually visit North Dakota. So they figure they have nothing to worry about. :)

I actually wonder if a big rise in the concern for voter ID was because of outsiders lol. It's an interesting mirrored conversation because a lot of conservatives across the country think it's the illegal aliens voting and so forth, but around here, you white folks from other states are the scourge of our way of life. To put it crudely, white people from anywhere but North Dakota have become the way white people across the country may view colored folks.
 
I'm registered Democrat and vote Democrat about 95% of the time.
 
Republican...soon to go Indy.

After I vote against McConnell.
 
None. I usually vote Liberal but I've voted Rhinoceros a couple times and Marxist-Leninist once as protest votes.
 
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 sad reality is politicians these days don't have a rudder, they literally go with the numbers they think are the most accurate. Sure, some have pet issues in either party that they are willing to shelve until they think the numbers are favorable, but you have to have coalitions these days which is a sorry state for us to be in. The only reason I was a Republican was that they were less of what I despised, but now they are voting just as poorly as the Democrats so I had to find something closer to my own beliefs in the Libertarians, I am not 100% in line with them, but they are closer than other parties to my own beliefs.
 
I'm a Green and proud of it. We are environmentalists, anti-Corporate, believe in Human Rights, support Gay Rights, support Equal Rights, and we like to think we knwo what the real World could be like if we could get power to the people. The Big Energy/Banking/Military monopoly is the perceived enemy, not some foreign Nation demonized to create war metaphors.

Rights On!
 
I'm a Green and proud of it. We are environmentalists, anti-Corporate, believe in Human Rights, support Gay Rights, support Equal Rights, and we like to think we knwo what the real World could be like if we could get power to the people. The Big Energy/Banking/Military monopoly is the perceived enemy, not some foreign Nation demonized to create war metaphors.

Explain how being "Green" has anything to do with Gay Rights? The benefit to the environment is?
 
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.
 
Explain how being "Green" has anything to do with Gay Rights? The benefit to the environment is?

To me marriage is just a contract. I don't care if you marry your donkey, as long as I see the donkey sign the contract. Is there a benefit to the environment to not demonize any citizens? Peace and tranquility perhaps. The mad dogs always have to have someone or group to hate. Is that you? About as close as I come to hate is how I feel about Mega Corporations and their intrigue with our government. The government by the PEOPLE, eh? Big Energy is in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and up our noses and have been running our gov't to their advantage since just before the alleged anti trust laws were passed. And just a note. Those anti trust laws were a win for Big Energy, not the people. It allowed them to anonymously operate on a huge scale to our detriment. Of course, a bunch of oily men and big bankers can't do us any harm. Do your know where big banks come from? They come from big profits, ergo many banks are destinations for oily cash/profits. Control at two different levels. What could go wrong? Too big to fail? Too big to prosecute? That pretty much sums up where I come from and I can provide unlimited documentation for the truly ignorant. I haven't watched TV in over 20 years, so the Brainstream Media hasn't warped my objectivity, and I stopped believing the gov't around 1968, when the blinders fell off. Ya' might oughta' check yours.
 
What party are you registered to?

I proudly registered to Republican party. Party of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, party which destroy slavery and keep unity of the country.
 
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:

Here in Georgia one doesn't register as a Republican or Democrat or anything else. He just registers to vote.
 
Explain how being "Green" has anything to do with Gay Rights? The benefit to the environment is?

It doesn't, but "Green Party" sounds alot better than "the assorted fruits and nuts party". :mrgreen:
 
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