Do you consider yourself a Democrat first or an American first?

[LWolf]

41. Neither.

If I have to rank my being, both are far down the list.

I consider myself:

1. A living being on the planet.
2. A human being.
3. An evolving being.
4. A thinking being
5. A principled being
6. A woman
7. A mother
8. A grandmother
9. A friend
10. A teacher
11. An environmentalist
12. An introvert
13. One of those few of the working poor class that pulled herself up by those bootstraps, hit the class ceiling repeatedly, and ended up exhausted, divorced, in poor health, and regressing economically.
14. Leftist and leaning socialist, at least compared to most in the U.S..
15. A gardener, even though I don't do much any more.
16. A bibliophile
17. An idealist, and therefore also
18. A cynic, having spent decades having those ideals trampled by reality.

I could go on and on. Somewhere much further down the list, Democrat would appear. I work within this political group (most of the time) because that's the way the system is structured; the party is as relevant as its work. "American" would probably be last. It's not something I really identify. I'm a citizen because I was born here. I'm not a nationalist, I'm not a patriot, and while I appreciate some things about this nation, I don't identify myself according to a political boundary. If anything, I identify with physical/geographical regions, when it comes to place.

Bonus question: I remember Jane Fonda. I did not have the extreme emotional response to her political activities that many did, because I was just a kid. Overall, I have a vaguely neutral to positive opinion of her. I have a negative opinion of those who "hate" her, because I equate them with warmongers and nationalists.