"So let me ask a dumb question......if a person dislikes many or most or even some of the platform of the Republican/Democratic party, but likes one or two primary issues they focus on......WHY register for that party????"
Before I give a few reasons, here is so me KV The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead. - Kurt Vonnegut Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative. - Kurt Vonnegut In no specific order * Primaries - As mentioned, some states have closed primaries. * Issues - Like the abortion issue (either side). * Identity Politics - Some people have to be in a group. * The lack of critical thinking skills leading to the abundance of low information voters. I blame the parents acceptance of substandard schools. * " Register independent so you don't unnecessarily soil your name, and vote for whatever candidate matches most closely with your beliefs" Why register at all? I have no problems with political parties. Banning them would be an attack on the freedom of speech and association. However, there is no need to list them on the ballot and there is no need to have straight ticket voting. Removing both would, in my opinion, lead to a multi-partisan approach to government and less hostility. There are few things that D's and R's in DC agree on. Keeping third party candidates shut out is one. I imagine keeping straight ticket voting is another. It makes it easy for the low-information voter to pick. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361472 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
