What is your political registration?

What is your political registration?

  • Democrat

    Votes: 5 38.5%

  • Republican

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • Liberterian

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Independent Party

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Independent (not affiliated)

    Votes: 5 38.5%

  • other (Green Party, Workers, etc.)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • none (not a registered voter)

    Votes: 1 7.7%
  • Total voters
    13
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What is your political registration?

Are you Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, none, or other? If other, what is your party?

I am registered independent; not a member of the "Indepedent Party" but truly "independent". In SC it is not necessary to declare a party, and I can vote in either Republican or Democrat primary.
 
Same here with me...I am Independent, yet does not belonged to any party. So, yeah, I vote whoever I think will do a good job in the office, regardless of their political party. :)
 
Why bother registering?

Can somebody please explain to me why the states want to know what party you are a supporter of?

How is it necessary for them to know?
 
I am not sure of this information but usually if you are registrated as a Democrat-- then your vote would be very vital to a Democrat candidate.

I learned this-- on a video in a classroom: if you r registrated, then your vote only matters if you do vote for your own party. If you vote Republican even if you are registrated as a democrat-- then your vote is null.

That is why it is important that you know your party to give yourself a value in the voting poll...

Correct me, if I am sadly misinformed in a crappy public education system. :)
 
Banjo said:
Why bother registering?

Can somebody please explain to me why the states want to know what party you are a supporter of?

How is it necessary for them to know?
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The reason is for the "primaries" that are held separately for each political party. i.e. Democrats can vote for a list of Democrats for President to challenge the Republican opponent in the "General Election" like the one we are doing this Nov. 2nd. Politics in the US nowadays is like a mini-basketball tournament with preliminaries and the final election.....


Besides registration in the US is a requirement so the elections officials can determine which polling place you can cast your vote.

US politics is sure going to seem bewildering for Canadians and people from other countires that are used to Parliamentary politics.
 
gnarlydorkette said:
I am not sure of this information but usually if you are registrated as a Democrat-- then your vote would be very vital to a Democrat candidate.

I learned this-- on a video in a classroom: if you r registrated, then your vote only matters if you do vote for your own party. If you vote Republican even if you are registrated as a democrat-- then your vote is null.

That is why it is important that you know your party to give yourself a value in the voting poll...

Correct me, if I am sadly misinformed in a crappy public education system. :)
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When you vote, no one knows who you vote for. It is private. It doesn't matter which party you are affiliated with, your vote counts no-matter which party you vote for.

The only time your party affiliation makes a difference at the polls is during primary elections. Some states require that you vote only the primary of your selected party. That is, Republicans vote in the Republican primary, and Democrats vote in the Democrat primary. Some states let you vote in either primary, but you can only vote in one primary, not both.

The political parties encourage people to join because that is how they build financial and personal support. That is how they get volunteers to set out campaign signs, hand out information about candidates, send out mailings, etc. They have meetings to decide with candidates and platforms (programs) to support. They get to attend the national conventions.

Each state has different rules about registration, so you need to check with your local registrar of elections.

Again, I emphasize, when you make your vote, it is private, and no one else knows who or what you vote for. :thumb:
 
Ah, I got it. Thanks for explaining it to me.

In Canada, it's quite different. :)
 
I am considering myself independent because I dont want to favor R or D...becuz I vote either who I can put in faith...then I can change vote if they violate my faith in past term as it depend on :wink: :smile:
 
I'm a Democrat -- although voting is not mandatory in the States, right? But in Australia -- it's MANDATORY. If one didn't vote, they could get fined a few hundred dollars for not voting at Election time! Shocking, hey?
That's why I haven't become an Australian Citizen just yet, heh.
 
PurpleRose71 said:
I'm a Democrat -- although voting is not mandatory in the States, right? But in Australia -- it's MANDATORY. If one didn't vote, they could get fined a few hundred dollars for not voting at Election time! Shocking, hey?
That's why I haven't become an Australian Citizen just yet, heh.
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Hmmm maybe they should get paid for voting.
 
PurpleRose71 said:
But in Australia -- it's MANDATORY. If one didn't vote, they could get fined a few hundred dollars for not voting at Election time! Shocking, hey?
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I registered as independent from any party. It was when my government and economy teacher in high school thought it was a good idea to give registration forms to people in class. I haven't voted yet because I registered after the last Presidential election.
Do they have a place on the ballots in Australia to write in someone's name if it's not on the ballot? Some people write things like Mickey Mouse there because they think the current governments and the ones on the ballot aren't helpful. What would happen if somebody did that in Australia? Would they also fine people who prevent others from voting?

RedFox
 
PurpleRose71 said:
I'm a Democrat -- although voting is not mandatory in the States, right? But in Australia -- it's MANDATORY. If one didn't vote, they could get fined a few hundred dollars for not voting at Election time! Shocking, hey?
That's why I haven't become an Australian Citizen just yet, heh.
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I DO want a MANDATORY voting law to be passed in the USA! (with some expections such as felons, mentally incompetent excluded from this since they are no longer eligible to register to vote) that should be combined with making Election Day a LEGAL National Holiday.

Its because I feel that this will compel all citizens to think about what their duty as an American citizen truly means to them. Besides it should reverse years of declining voter turnout that America has been suffering and allowed such an INCOMPETENT President like Bu$hit to take office and make a mockery of American Democracy!
 
I wish we could get rid of the electoral college votes and go with popular vote. France does this; they vote their candidates directly without any electoral colleges.

Also, I would prefer that the news media attention be given to all parties to make their cases, instead of just focusing on Rep. and Dem. parties. When I was in Germany during some elections, I saw the news showing different parties talking about their platforms and saw them on the streets with tables and phamplets to inform people. It was a much different experience than in the US where you just shake hands and have town hall meetings/campaign stops. When I saw Bush Sr. stop in my hometown in NJ, all he did was wave then give a speech then zoomed off by a helicopter. As for Dole, it was pretty much the same, just gave a speech then zoomed off in a limo. Americans need to be more involved with political awareness and I wouldn't mind having voting become mandatory. One problem with that though would be to educate people enough to make the right choices. You cant force people to attend mandatory information sessions about political parties, can you?
 
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