Changing party affiliation......Why?

[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.

[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/De...ageMenuID=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....