Who here has changed their party affiliation

[PETRUS]

...at some point? Just wondering.

[Rageneau]

1. Not yet, but if anyone ever forms a left-wing party, I'd happily quit the Democrats to join it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. I went from Democratic to Green as a protest over the Iraq War Resolution vote

when so many Democrats in the Congress sided with ChimpCo. But I've always voted Democratic and will continue to vote that way.

[Hutzpa]

4. delete - dupe

[tblue]

3. Seriously considering

I want to wait out the primaries because you can only vote on your party's ballot in my state. Then I'll see how I feel about my party.

[Tesha]

7. In NH, "Undeclared" voters can take any party's primary ballot.

Mr. Tesha has decided to exercise that option this year.

If there's a race on the Democratic side, he'll vote
there, but more than likely, he'll be trying to vote
strategically in the Republican Presidential Primary.

The deadline to switch from a party registration to
undeclared has now passed, though; it was this past
Friday.

Tesha

[Hutzpa]

5. So this thread is for those that wants to form their own party

Do I have it right??

[PETRUS]

8. Well, I put up the OP

And that wasn't my intention, I was just wondering.

But threads take on a life of their own.

On edit: I was mostly curious if there were any former Republicans on the board. But everyone's story is interesting.

[eilen]

9. I've changed my party affiliation often

For a while I actually registered Republican to vote in their primaries, once I was a Conservative, I've registered Independent quite a bit and was registered Democrat for most of my younger adult life. Now I'm registered Green. Lately it is as if parties are meaningless.

[PETRUS]

15. Interesting

Sounds like your worldview has changed, which is interesting. If that's so, do you mind sharing what led to your shift in opinions?


I had been thinking some Republicans could have wound up Democratic without having changed their opinions just because of the rightward drift in national politics over the last few decades.

[spinbaby]

6. I change mine all the time

Depending on which party is having the more interesting primary in Pennsylvania. This coming spring I suspect I'll be a Republican because I just won't be able to resist casting a spoiler vote.

[ellenfl]

10. i changed from independent to democrat when i moved

back to florida in 1988 (from texas!) so i could vote in the primaries. obviously, i leaned democratic . . . or i would have opted to go republican.

i did vote for ross perot. since then, i've voted solid dem.

ellen fl

[TheWraith]

11. Never. Nor will I.

Unless its somehow useful in fucking the Republicans. Even then I doubt it, since infiltrating primaries isn't very effective.

I far prefer occasional weak-kneedness from my party to the prospect of actively helping the enemy win.

[murielm99]

12. I have always been a Democrat.

If my party becomes as corrupt and hypocritical as theirs, I would have to change. I don't want to do that.

It is up to me and others like me to see that we do not lose our core values as Democrats.

It has been tough lately. We have had to accept and overlook a lot. It has been very tough.

The 99% of us who have had enough need to hold Democrats accountable, too. I want to remain a Democrat.

[libinnyandia]

14. Proud Democrat

The only way we can change the Party is to stay involved and don't confine ourselves to just voting or making occasional contributions. Republicans aren't leaving the GOP even as the GOP has turned so far to the right. We have to work to reverse Citizens United and get money out of the election process. I shudder at the thought of one of the GOP idiots appointing more Thomases or Roberts or Alitos. 2000 shold have taught us to be united.

[Aerows]

13. I'm ashamed to say that 20 years ago

I was a Republican. I wouldn't vote for a Republican now if my life depended on it, and frankly, considering the ridiculous policies they keep coming up with, it probably does. If you aren't white, Christian, heterosexual and male, then the Republican party has truly awful plans in store for you, one way or the other. Thankfully, I had only been a voter for 2 years before I realized that the Republican party has to brainwash people to believe their lies.

[AnOhioan]

16. Already did

Joined the Green Party

[Dj13Francis]

17. Yeah I did

I switched to Dem to vote in the primary a couple of times when someone worth voting for presented himself. But then I went right back to Green.

[Lil Missy]

18. I changed from R to D in the 90's. n/t

[charmay]

19. Born and raised a democrat.

Still a democrat. My grandfather and grandmother would roll over in their graves if I ever voted anything but.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. Many times. I live in a red state.

But since Bush was selected in 2000, I've remained a Democrat.