Political Party?

[SFishy]

As an Amercian, which political party do you most identify with?

You can answer the poll with or without identifying yourself -- you can just answer the poll question above and not reply (members who respond to the poll are not identified with their answers in the poll results) -- or you can reply in addition to answering and share more if you like...

[macgirl]

"you do not have permission to vote in this poll", says the thread.

I'll come back and vote later. :supergrin

In the meantime, I have to say that while I lean left (most notably on social issues), I don't like to pigeonhole myself by blindly subscribing to one party. I much prefer to make a judgement based on an individual candidate rather than their party affiliation.

[Feak]

I don't have permission either... but then I'm not American :winky I didn't know they have the Green Party over there, that's where I'm at anyway at the moment. Liberal Democrats over here though, no idea what that is in :usa politics.

[MegaVictory]

No designated party. I pick whoever I feel is the right one for the job. Voting Bush this year.

[SFishy]

Sorry about that all... we've never used the polling thing before :winky -- it should be fixed now

[Rosey]

This is going to be really interesting! Great idea, :sfishy (and :mrfishy?).

As a :uk fishy, I can't vote on this, but I'm happy to tell all that I voted Liberal Democrat at our last election. I like their policies on the environment and equal human rights for all, but mainly I want them to gain more credibility as a decent third party - right now in the uk it's always between Labour (lef wing - though most claim they're now heading firmly towards the right :ohboy) and Conservatives (rightwing). While I like the Green party, I'm not sure how great they'd be for the whole economy.

I also tend to make a judgement at each election time, though I admit to generally dismissing the conservatives out of hand, which I shouldn't really do.

I always get annoyed with the political broadcasts saying 'labour(or whoever) did this, and it was crap' without actually saying 'we would have dont this instead'. Yeah, I think Blair has made bad decisions (as has every other PM, ever - they're only human!), but I want to know what other parties thought the alternative was under that kind of pressure? Not that I support Blair, as such, I just wonder what else other parties would have done in his place. Ditto Bush.

:love Rosey

[urbanfaerie]

I'm a registered Democrat, but only so I can vote in the primary and ATTEMPT to get someone I like into the primary. GRRRRRRRRRR...wish Gore had run.

But as always, I'll do what my HS Civics teacher said..."Vote your conscience and vote for the perceived lesser evil...just VOTE!"

Heather

[Marigold]

I vote for the "cutest" candidate...:supergrin

Sorry - just wanted to inject a little humor into the proceedings.

I guess it's rather obvious to all who have read my posts here that I'm pretty liberal.

I vote democrat - for now anyway.

-Marigold:sun

[ribbon]

I'm a democrat, although I have voted for republicans and independents before. I don't believe in voting for straight party because I think different voices are important to reflect more of the people.
I usually try to read up on and vote for women if they are decent candidates, because as a whole, females are disproportionally underrepresented on the local, state and national level in elected office and judges.
There are a few social issues that are deal makers or breakers and sometimes the hot button issues are more important to me than policy.
One time (a long time ago :winky) I didn't care who I voted for so I put my therapist's name in for mayor of my town :muhaha since basically the mayor is that in name only s/he doesn't do much (if anything). Surprisingly she was not amused :muhaha :muhaha.

[urbanfaerie]

My friend Marc wants to write me in for President. :) Cause I'm cute and play well with others and share.

I told him I'd kick him with my boy kickin' moto boots and not play so well with others if he A. did not vote in this election, and B. wasted his vote on lil ol' me. :winky

:love
Heather

[SFishy]

just bumping this up...

[urbanfaerie]

Oh, and I'm a Democrat, but only so I can vote in a primary and hopefully help the country select a candidate who isn't too heinous. Jeesh I'm optimistic about government. :cheesy

Heather

[Jik]

Hmmmmmmmmm,

I'm registered independent - two years ago I actually got to vote in a primary - state level.

However, I'm not an across the board voter. I vote republican, democrate, write-ins and whom ever I feel is best going to represent my interests.

I'm not telling you who I'm voting for this year for president - I'll just say - not the one who rigged the last election :grin LOL

Joy

[pippen]

I started off Democrat switched to Independant and now I am registered Republican but it doesn't mean I will vote that way :muhaha I vote for whomever I feel is the lesser of two evils

I don't really like any of the candidate's this year

[urbanfaerie]

I just looked and saw that I let everyone know I'm a Democrat twice...goodness gracious! (I'm loosing it!)

Remember to VOTE on November Second!

[Catherose]

This will be my second presidential election that I can vote in, and I'm voting democrat, not because I really like Kerry but because I disagree with him less than I disagree with Bush.:ugh I wish the candidates I actually liked had a chance of winning.

[quintuplekeets]

I am not registered with any one party. I do not vote according to party but according to the candidate's stance on certain issues. With local elections, I sometimes get so sick and tired of the "smear campaigns" that I vote for the candidates who were the most respectful to other candidates during the campaign.

This election, I am mostly concerned about health care and mental health parity. Interestingly, I am hearing nothing of it as the presidential election nears. Thus, I have no idea yet for whom I will vote.

[allistarblue]

KERRY! KERRY! KERRY!

i'm a liberal democrat. i hate how liberal has become a bad word in american politics.

Here's why I'm voting for Kerry:

He has good environmental policy. (bush is clearly in the pockets of the oil companies)

He is pro-choice.

He would not have let the ban on assault weapons (cop killers) expire.

He isn't as homophobic as bush.

He has a better health care plan.

He has a better educational platform.

And finally, i'm so angry that bush lied to us about Iraq. First of all, the REAL terrorists are still out there. (once we went into Iraq, everyone seemed to forget about osama.) lets remember that Saddam had NOTHING do with nine eleven.

i could go on and on.