(01-15-2019, 07:50 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(01-14-2019, 06:50 PM)Sammy Wrote: Just curious. Do you vote straight party?

I do not. I vote people. I don't care what party the candidate is from ultimately.  I am registered as a republican, and I would say that I do lean that direction (70/30 ish), but I have on multiple occasions throughout my life voted a little more on the democrat majority side.

I always thought the the right people will work together, but the voters that vote one party makes it harder for those more worthy politicians to win in the partisan fight it has turned into ... It was never supposed to be this way.  We (voters) are the problem. If you vote a single party every time, you will often times vote in less qualified people to lead our country.  I hate the us versus them hate we have become ... I hate people that hate people.

If you were a GM building a football team, wouldn't you always draft the best player?

/soapbox

I agree with that.  I think too many people "join a team" and willingly allow themselves to be indoctrinated so they can support their team.  

I think both parties have their good and bad points.  If I laid out all my personal political positions, I'd be flip-flopping between the two parties.  I'm strongly for capitalism and free markets (Republican).  I'm strongly for protecting the environment (Democrat).   I favor a color-blind society and I am opposed to affirmative action or "reverse" discrimination (Republican).  I am a social liberal (Democrat).   

My party registration has changed a couple of times, just because sometimes one party's presidential primary is all locked up, no point in voting in the primary, but the other's may be more interesting.