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What Political Party Would You Consider Yourself Now A Member Of?

I consider myself a:

  • Republican

    Votes: 12 17.4%

  • Democrat

    Votes: 18 26.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 39 56.5%
  • Total voters
    69
Registered Independent here as well. While I do not follow one party or another exclusively I feel the republicans generally follow my ideals more closely. But to me registering as a republican or democrat screams of blindly following a party which I am not about. I would rather vote for a Dem that I felt was honest and open and genuinely there to help the people over a Rep that I feel is dishonest and corrupt even if he claims to follow my ideals more closely. My view is neither side is about the country so much is its about their own agendas. Frankly I have had enough of all of them.
 
Neither a liberal nor a conservative be;
Independent:mrgreen:
 
The Republocrats stand for status quo, and as I am not in tune with the status quo I can't support either side of that coin.

I'm libertarian, thus I am currently most aligned with the LP.

RightinNYC said:
Registered Republican since I turned 18.
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hehe, I registered Republican when I turned 18 as well. I registered Libertarian in 2003.
 
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I used to be a solid Republican, but the Bush years pushed me to my breaking point. I did vote in the '08 Republican primaries, but that was only because of Ron Paul. I found the mainstream candidates in the party to all be equally distasteful. I'm a small "L" libertarian. The LP is too extremist and dogmatic for my tastes, so I am a man without a home in terms of politics.
 
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Devil505 said:
Would anyone care to disclose their national political party affiliation?
I have voted for both Republican candidates & Democrats for national office but have not voted (nationally) for a Republican since the early 1970's so I would call my party affiliation Democrat. (just like Will Rogers responded once when asked what political party he belonged to, he said: "I'm not a member of any organized political party.......I'm a Democrat.")
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I'm an American. My leanings are toward being Conservative. Neither of the Choices you have listed in the Poll, cover my Politics.
 
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I would consider myself neither a Republican nor Democrat as I hate the limited choices they offer. I do vote more for Republicans, but wouldnt categorize myself as that. I value pragmatism over partisanship though, so I would vote for the right Democrat or other party.
 
I am registered as a Democrat so I can vote in my state's primaries. However, I often vote for moderate and libertarian leaning Republicans in state and local elections.

If anything, I would consider myself a libertarian leaning Democrat.
 
Psychoclown said:
I used to be a solid Republican, but the Bush years pushed me to my breaking point. I did vote in the '08 Republican primaries, but that was only because of Ron Paul. The mainstream candidates in the party I found to be equally distasteful. I'm a small "L" libertarian. The LP is too extremist and dogmatic for my tastes, so I am a man without a home in terms of politics.
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I'll tend to vote libertarian, though I do agree some of it is a bit extreme. But it's the only way to apply pressure, not voting the parties just stop caring about you, supporting the status quo (i.e. R or D) they just take it as part of their base and don't change. If you want to swing the main parties one way or the other, you have to do something to apply pressure as the status quo will not change on its own (this is where the stupidity of buying into "hope and change" rhetoric comes in). Threaten their power, and that's really where the utility of the third parties can come in...if they're allowed to participate. In the end, I guess I can't stand not voting and I won't support the Republocrats; so I'm stuck with some form of 3rd party, and the LP is the closest to my own ideology.
 
Democrat and have always voted Democrat in Presidential politics, except for my one major mistake in 1984 when I voted for Ronald Reagan.
 
disneydude said:
Democrat and have always voted Democrat in Presidential politics, except for my one major mistake in 1984 when I voted for Ronald Reagan.
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Ok, that is it! I want your Democrat card, and I want it now! You sir are banished.
 
Ikari said:
I'll tend to vote libertarian, though I do agree some of it is a bit extreme. But it's the only way to apply pressure, not voting the parties just stop caring about you, supporting the status quo (i.e. R or D) they just take it as part of their base and don't change. If you want to swing the main parties one way or the other, you have to do something to apply pressure as the status quo will not change on its own (this is where the stupidity of buying into "hope and change" rhetoric comes in). Threaten their power, and that's really where the utility of the third parties can come in...if they're allowed to participate. In the end, I guess I can't stand not voting and I won't support the Republocrats; so I'm stuck with some form of 3rd party, and the LP is the closest to my own ideology.
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I agree that we need to stop supporting the lesser of two evils. Being slightly less pro big government than the other guy isn't good enough for anyone who really believes in libertarian ideals. I did vote LP in the main election in '08 and probably will continue to do so in the forseeable future, but I refuse to join the party or call myself a member of it due to their doctrine.
 
Realist1 said:
I'm an American. My leanings are toward being Conservative. Neither of the Choices you have listed in the Poll, cover my Politics.
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OK then....I guess us Dems & Repubs are not REAL Americans then......Is that your point?
 
Devil505 said:
OK then....I guess us Dems & Repubs are not REAL Americans then......Is that your point?
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I am pretty sure that is not his point.
 
Redress said:
I am pretty sure that is not his point.
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Wasn't taking him literally.;)
(just making the point that I think we all consider ourselves Americans too but that doesn't stop us from having finer delineations as well.

Example:
When I'm on foot...I'm a Pedestrian American. (but most of the time I'm just a simple Satan American!:devil:
 
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I agree that we need to stop supporting the lesser of two evils. Being slightly less pro big government than the other guy isn't good enough for anyone who really believes in libertarian ideals. I did vote LP in the main election in '08 and probably will continue to do so in the forseeable future, but I refuse to join the party or call myself a member of it due to their doctrine.
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I don't even look at a party as containing any intrinsic doctrine, 2 members of the same party can be further ideologically apart than 2 members of opposing parties.

What matters is that the 2 main parties each have a large-scale apparatus for raising campaign funds and name recognition already in place. I believe it is a mistake to abandon a party because it nominates a candidate you dislike because the actual party is just a shell...they run whoever they think can win. Voting for other party's candidates (even though they are much better than the main parties' choices) is effectively disenfranchising yourself.

It is a better strategy to try to get politicians who would normally be considered 3rd party into the main-stream, where they can effectively run. I'm a republican, and I feel that many changes need to be made to the party (especially in the system of primary elections); but I would rather try to force a change within one of the 2 effective parties than join an ineffective one (even though they may run better candidates, they don't win elections).
 
I don't feel disenfranchised at all. I was able to record my disdain for Obama and McCain by voting for neither of them. I'm not asking for a perfect candidate who agrees with me on everything. But I do want a candidate that is at least in the same zip code as my beliefs. My vote is an endorsement and neither one of the '08 nominees were worthy of my endorsement.

As for what I hope to achieve, Republicans have for far too long taken for granted the libertarian vote. They offer us some lip service, but have never delivered. Its funny to recall but Bush ran on in 2000 on a platform of fiscal conservativism and a humble foriegn policy. We got neither. Since the Republicans cannot or will not deliver on the promises they make to libertarian leaning voters, libertarian voters should take their votes elsewhere.

If the Republicans can make real changes and move back to the platform they claim to uphold, then I'll consider rejoining their ranks. Not until then.
 
Redress said:
Ok, that is it! I want your Democrat card, and I want it now! You sir are banished.
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I was young, naive and stupid......the one vote that I deeply deeply regret.
I'm utterly ashamed to admit that I ever voted for Reagan. But I grew up and learned the error of my ways.
 
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Where's the option for "I reject your false dichotomy and refuse to participate in your irrational system"? :2razz:
 
I am a Constitutionalist, but registered Republican (So I can vote in the Primary's.)

For the most part I am a moderate and lean right and left depending on the issue.
 
So far.....out of 36 poll respondents, only 5 are identifying themselves as Republicans, & I don't think DP is a bastion of liberal voters.
While this is not a scientific study by any means, I do think it's a decent indication of the trouble today's GOP has in trying to win future national elections.
 
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Devil505 said:
So far.....out of 36 poll respondents, only 5 are identifying themselves as Republicans, & I don't think DP is a bastion of liberal voters.
While this is not a scientific study by any means, I do think it's a decent indication of the trouble today's GOP has in trying to win future national elections.
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Because many of the most die-hard Republicans on this site are too embarassed to admit it and now call themselves "Libertarians".
 
Registered Republican when I was 18. Registered Independent as of 2006. Depending on how the next few years go will likely be switching back to Republican. Definitely identify with the right far more than the left.
 
disneydude said:
Because many of the most die-hard Republicans on this site are too embarassed to admit it and now call themselves "Libertarians".
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I agree with that opinion, & while most of them will undoubtedly vote GOP over Democrat in future elections, the fact that they don't really support the GOP does not bode well for the future of the Republican party.
Until the GOP wakes up & realizes that their party now does not even represent most conservatives, I think their numbers (& donations) will just keep dropping every election.
 
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