Changing party affiliation......Why?

[LippCJ7]

Everyone, I am just as disgusted with the GOP as anyone but I don't understand the rationale of changing party affiliation. IMO All this action does is remove you from the GOP voting pool in Primary elections or you will no longer be able to vote for the candidates that the GOP gives us to vote on. Is there something I am missing here? What does going Independent do for us in the gun culture, I like the voting in the Primaries but this year I did not vote for a governor to let the GOP know how disgusted I am with the GOP (and it seems I was not the only one I believe KHOW reported more then 30,000 republican voters left the governor race open on ballots), as it seems that the GOP (Dick Wadham) has grown tired of my emails. We are in a two party system and will be for a long time but until we get new leadership in the GOP I fear we in Colorado will have poor Republican candidates for awhile, but I am not going independent.

[roberth]

Join a party, vote in the primaries, get a bigger say in what happens.

For instance, take McGinnis and Norton...please - ba dum dum [ROFL1]

McGinnis and Norton were the establishment candidates with money and McCain and the GOP behind them. THEY LOST because people like me do not like the establishment. The big money in the Colorado GOP LOST!! Haha moneybags - We beat you and your little dogs too, fuckin' assholes.

But I digress. I would encourage people to join a party only because it gives a person more opportunities to vote and make themselves heard. You don't have to vote your party affiliation, it is your vote, you do what you think is best.

[SA Friday]

I'm an independent as many of my beliefs cross both parties stances (gee, wonder why I always seem in debates on here [pause for effect]).

I have more in common with the Republican party so remain registered in an effort to put my vote towards those races that count. The state gov race this election is one such instance. Now if we could just figure out how to get rid of Maes or the gate crasher, we might acutally get somewhere... As it stands, we are severly screwed.

[roberth]

I was listening to Maes today on the radio. I just don't know and right now I'm thinking NO on Maes.

I wish the Colorado GOP had stuck with Penry or Tancredo before they decided it was McGinnis' turn. We wouldn't be in this mess now.

Buck is a resounding YES.

[Irving]

Please, if the GOP gave two shits about what the voters thought of them, you wouldn't be so upset with them in the first place. It's a nice idea though.

[Anton]

The Democratic and Republican Parties have both ****ed up this country.

Look at illegal immigration for example, its only become an 'issue' for the Republican party since they lost control to the Dems. When the Republicans were in power and could do something about it, years ago, what did they do? Nothing. The more things change the more they stay the same.

That's why I'm an independent and will always be an independent.

[Ranger]

I do understand the mindset of an independent voter, but IMHO it is a good idea to register with the major party that most closely represents your views. That registration does give power to the party. It doesn't mean you have to vote that way, but being registered that way helps at least part of your cause - whatever that may be.

[BadShot]

Ah, so let me see if I have this right... "We" aren't happy with either party, bitch, moan and rail against the heavens for a viable 3rd party, but because there can never be a viable third party.. because people won't take the risk... "we" just continue to stay on the roles of the party(s) we detest.

Pathetic..

I went independent after Clinton got elected. I will not support either of the major parties monetarily or with my time or efforts in any fashion. Government needs an enema and just defaulting to one or the other makes you part of the issue. Acquiescence is all this is. The more we simply give lip service to the evils of the 2 parties we have, the less progress we make towards rectifying the problem.

[ghettodub]

The Democratic and Republican Parties have both ****ed up this country.

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Agreed, hence my sig...

[ChunkyMonkey]

The Democratic and Republican Parties have both ****ed up this country.


THIS.. aren't you tired of voting for 'the lesser of two evils.'

[68Charger]

Ah, so let me see if I have this right... "We" aren't happy with either party, bitch, moan and rail against the heavens for a viable 3rd party, but because there can never be a viable third party.. because people won't take the risk... "we" just continue to stay on the roles of the party(s) we detest.

Pathetic..

This ^^^
If enough have the balls to change their registration, maybe 1 of 2 things will happen-
1) When an increasing # of voters are registered independent, any party will have to work to get the independent vote- that means winning voters based on a candidate's merit, with no party loyalty.

2) if the GOP sees that the # of registered republicans is down, they may ask themselves why... and if the bleed rate is high enough, maybe they'll pay attention to it & change...

I really can't bring myself to register democrap, so I'll change my affiliation to independent & send a letter to the GOP telling them why- because I believe there has to be a big change in gov't that neither party is willing to do...

[Blowby]

No reason you can't change to your party of choice (Rep - Dem) during the primaries to put the best candidate on the front line. Switch back to Independent, Unaffiliated or what ever party when the mission is accomplished. I feel we need to make the parties work for our votes so if we wear the badge early they don't have any motivation to speak to the people and build our trust with direction and policies they will support.

[Irving]

I don't get the impression that people aren't willing to compromise exactly. Personally, even with someone I like in office, I feel like they are neutered by all the other crappy elected politicians that they have to deal with to get anything done. Kind of like only changing a few grains of litter at a time instead of the entire litter box.

[68Charger]

To the "I'm not going to try until they get my hero nominated" crowd...
>snip<
Thanks for contributing to a vast level of irreparable damage to our country. I appreciate it. If one of the five gets replaced before he is out of office, then the country itself is lost. You have reduced our lifeline to hanging upon a single life... literally.

is a Gubernatorial candidate that hasn't either "copy and pasted for fun & profit", or been caught with his hand in the cookie jar too much to ask? I don't expect a hero, but they're arrogantly putting forth corrupt candidates, even when confronted by Tancredo about it... If nothing else, threads like this are venting frustration- and show that we'd like to do something- but willing to discuss ideas in an open forum.

before you include me (or others) as those that "put a liberal in office". I'm still registered Republican, and did NOT vote for any independent candidate in 2008, nor for Ross Perot before that... just because I want to change my party affiliation to send a message (and just me doing it doesn't say JACK, I know that) doesn't mean I won't vote for a republican...

Simple question:
If 50% of voters were registered Unaffiliated, and only 25% each for Dem/Rep, it would change their game plan, would it not?

Currently it's more like Dem 33.6%, Rep 35.4% Unaffiliated 30.3%
and of those 3, it appears that Unaffiliated has the highest # of inactive voters...

July Colorado voter registration by party (active):
ACN__DEM____GRN__LBR__REP_____UAF___UPA__Total
1,757 825,451 4,525 9,659 869,909 742,750 173 -- 2,454,224

source: http://www.elections.colorado.gov/Default.aspx?PageMenuID=1466

[funkfool]

I was an Independent since I first registered at 18...
Always voted Republican...
Switched to Republican to vote in the primary....
glad I did...
I wanted more say about who I was going to see on the Nov. ballot....