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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
12. What's an outlier?
Sat Oct 20, 2012, 12:20 PM
Oct 2012

It's highly unlikely that anyone I ever vote for in a primary will make it to the general election, unless the Democratic Party decides to shake off corporate/centrist/"new" dem overlords.

I spent most of my voting life as an independent; I registered with a political party for the first time in '01, to protest the selection. No one I voted for during those years would be an "outlier," would they? Plenty of the votes were for Democrats; others for 3rd party members and independents. Unless it was a sleeper in a non-partisan race, I've never, to my knowledge, voted for a Republican, and never will.

Since becoming a Democrat, I've lost a lot of respect for the party. I liked Democrats better from the outside. Or, I just happened to register at a turning point, and the party turned away from where I am.

I still vote the same: on record and issues. The candidate that earns my vote gets it.

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