What's your political orientation?

[Catherose]

I'm registered as an independent voter. If I had to choose a party, I'd probably pick the Green Party... I'm definitely left-leaning. I know that the political parties are differnt everywhere (what the hell is a Tory, by the way?:muhaha)... but how do you identify yourself? Independent, middle of the road, left, right, or are you part of a particular party? Are you liberal on some issues and conservative on others? Just curious... it appears that "Dubya" isn't too popular on this board, so that got me wondering:winky...

[Amsters]

i've been wondering the same thing for a while! i'm registered independent though typically fall on the far left of the political spectrum (leftist democrats to green party).

[ribbon]

I'm registered as a democrat, but I don't fit into any of the parties completely. I'm socially very liberal, fiscally more conservation (especially for the upper income folks) and antiwar. I decide based on the individual issue with most things.

[Strangefolkphan]

I am registered as a Green Party member :cheesy I'm definitely a leftist, if not a radical leftist.

:peace and :love,

Christine

[PetuniaPetunia]

Since birth. I was in diapers at McGovern rallies. Right now, my political views are very much in line with Howard Dean - moderate democrat with libertarian tendencies.

[angelgirl]

I was brought up in a hugely Republican family, and well I find fault in some of the ideals of the party, it most fits my ideals. But I won't vote for Bush when he runs again. I'm not a fan of some of his choices.

:love
angelgirl

[outspoken_poet]

i'm a bleeding-heart liberal with libertarian tendencies. :winky

i'm registered as a democrat simply b/c i want to be able to vote in the primaries. otherwise i'd be registered as an independent.

:love
christy

[Shauna]

Someone is gonna have to help me out here. You have to register for a specific party? What happens if you don't like the person running? Can you change your party?

And why are there like nine democrats and only one republican running in the next presidential race? Isn't it fair to assume that both the democrats and republicans will get the same amount of votes which means that Dubya will get in again?

And why, oh why, do they bother with pre-election results? Isn't that just a waste of the taxpayers money? Can't they just leave the surprise until voting day?

[Feak]

Lol, I'm sure that this'll come as a HUGE surprise to all of you, I'm a leftie! :hairy
I'm a vegetarian, pacifist, ex-animal rights activist, Greenpeace member... yada yada :sarcasm

In the next election (my first I can vote in! :yay) I'll vote Green party if I can.

In the :uk, there's Labor, Tory (Conservatives) or Liberal Democrats. New Labor are in power at the moment. The Tories are more right wing, conservative, like the Republicans I believe. Labor are supposedly the working class choice, more left wing, but now there becoming more right wing than the Tories! :ohboy The Lib Dem's don't really count, they apparantly aren't much of an oposition and have no chance of getting into power. Notorious for sitting on the fence, being a bit wishy-washy.

So there's not much choice for a left-leaning voter here. The Tories and Labor are too right wing, and the Lib Dems don't have a chance of getting into power :ohboy

[ribbon]

Shauna,
Party registration is usually only important for the primary elections. In some states you can only vote within your party for the primaries, in this case it would be to chose one of the nine as the democratic nominee for president. After that you're free to vote for whoever you want.

[Vicks]

Grew up hard core Republican now, I consider myself more of a Libertarianne, socially liberal, but economically conservative. But that is changing even. I am registered a democrate, again most likely I would be registered as an Independent, but I want to vote in the primaries and you have to be registered as something and since I like Dean and he is a democrate I am democrate now.

Oh, one cool thing is tho. When you aren't registered anything you get all the campaign mail not just one parties.

Vicks

[rosella]

I grew up Republican mainly cuz I was Catholic and just believed everything they told me without question. Now I am probably more Democrat and will vot Democratic next November. However, I'm with ribbon. I look at the individual issues. If I could mesh different views from every party and person I could put together MY perfect candidate. I also don't really like politics in general. I feel like a lot of promises are made just to please the people and once they are in office their views either change or certain issues are forgotten. And the ones that are sincere aren't going to win.

There you have it...my opinion on politics. It's all corrupt! :cheesy.

:love :flower ella

[jobean]

i'm a fairly conservative democrat. a conservative liberal? can you be that? :grin

i'm just comparing myself to many of my friends who are much more politically left than me. however, i LOATHE :ugh the right wing conservative media and i loathe the bush administration.

i'm registered as a dem, but vote according to issues and specific individuals. someone asked if you have to vote the way you are registered, and you do not. as far as i know.

[Sylphlover]

I am exactly what Christy wrote


i'm a bleeding-heart liberal with libertarian tendencies

[Catherose]

:bounce:bounce:bounce

Anyone else?

[shp]

Here in the :uk it seems like all the parties are the same anyway....i grew up in a traditionally tory household but would prob call myself centre-left now. Don't plan to vote next time though
:love
Helen

[Catherose]

Oohh, what is a Tory?? I've been wondering... are they similar to a :usaRepublican?

[seniorpride]

I grew up in a Republican family (although neither of my parents is all that political, at least not that they express) and in a fairly Republican state (IN), so kinda by default I've always said I'm Republican. However, I'm not yet registered to vote - I know, shame on me, I'll be twenty-one in a month and I'm not a registered voter yet :shy - so I'm technically not anything. I tend to be sort of moderate-conservative on the political scale, but it depends on the issue really. Just not a big politics girl! :sarcasm

[Vicks]

I grew up in IN too, in a pretty conservative houshold, but moving to NJ and living with my husband and just life have changed me a lot.

Seniorpride - I encourage you to register to vote, if you get student loans, if you buy gas, if you buy clothes any of that you are affected, you don't have to be hard core, but please vote, register.

Vicks

[seniorpride]

:hugon Vicks :hugoff

I know... I had the registration filled out and then I lost it and forgot about registering... and this post reminded me that I haven't done it yet. :ummm Does anyone know if it's possible to register to vote online? If not then I'll just have to write myself a reminder to do it when I go back to IN in May. :yay

[SanFran]

Liberal. Very, very liberal. I will register with Dems only to vote for the primaries, though I am really more for the Greens.