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[SheilaT]

36. I am with you on this, frazzled.

Last edited Wed Oct 3, 2012, 04:47 PM - Edit history (1)

I used to live in Kansas, and a significant percentage of actual Democrats are registered as Republicans for the purpose of voting in the primary. Unfortunately, that also means that in that state in then becomes nearly impossible to persuade Demcrats to run for offices down-ticket, especially for the state legislature.

I used to have this argument all the time with friends there. The other problem with the Dems registering as Republicans to vote in the R primary, was that about half of them would vote for the more extreme candidate (this even long before the Tea Party) on the theory that if that candidate won the primary, then sensible people would vote for the Demcrat. The other half would vote for the moderate on the theory that if there was no Democrat in the race, at least the moderate would hold the seat. In other words, the Democratic voters didn't matter, since they tended to cancel each other out.

The problem was, that a Republican would still end up winning. Instead, I'd say, register as a Democrat. Go out and support Democrats. Consider running for office yourself. Let the Republicans themselves deal with what they've let their party become. It's not our problem.

fixed typo on edit.