Party loyalty is a means of control. I vote for those who will represent me, period.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

11. I think a large chunk of the electorate on the left is where you are.

Maybe not for quite the same reasons, but a lot of folks are simply fed up with being forced to go to the general with 'lesser evil' candidates, candidates who may or may not even promise to do good things, then end up reinforcing the status quo that is driving so many into poverty and keeping so many others marginalized. The status quo simply isn't sustainable. It never was, but there used to be a lot more folks who could ignore that fact and fantasize that they had achieved 'the American Dream', when in reality they were only temporarily advantaged over so many others with whom they are now closer to equal, mainly by virtue of having lost wealth, having lost rights that were already being denied to so many others. We need a country that values every person, and that allows every person the basic room to simply live, without fear of homelessness or starvation. Not one that speaks lies about 'everyone having equal opportunities'. Lies because we are not born equal, and those born poor, those born gay or bi or trans, those born with darker skin tones never have 'equal opportunity' and never will under the rule of people who tell lies about 'equal opportunity'.