<b>The fact is that in the last two decades, it has become very fashionable to call yourself a political independent.</b>
I’ve gotten that in comment threads before, people proudly telling me they were independent. As if.
In NY, you can’t vote in primaries unless you’re registered to the party it’s for. I just changed from Democrat to Republican in hopes of being able to eject Elise Stefanik from Congress. She has a primary opponent who probably has about as much chance as a Democrat running in upstate NY.
A great story and I agree with you and I did a deep dive into what you said. However, self identified independents are persuadable and declared Reps or Dems are mostly not. I like Dan Crenshaw, my Rep, but I did not vote for him just because he was a Republican. That is my Dem bias. Now I would not vote for him because he is now a MAGA idiot. Flaming Bud Light and having a cooler full of the same parent companies beer shows MAGA stupidity at its worst. For me that stupidity does not matter, my mind was already made up. but for declared independents, that is sort of a death blow. Let us all vote for stupid?
Well, after five plus decades of voting as an Independent it’s nice to learn that I am a deliberator. Thank you for that. However, that being said, at different times I have definitely been a Partisan voter. For example, back in the 50’s and 60’s I could never have been a Democrat because of their segregationist policies thanks to those senior southern Senators and Congressmen. And today I could never be a Republican because of the likes of Trump, McConnell and their ilk. So, while I am proud to be a life long Independent, and a voter who has always voted for the best candidate, I really dislike being categorized as a partisan Independent.. Excellent article though: got me thinking, and remembering.
<b>The fact is that in the last two decades, it has become very fashionable to call yourself a political independent.</b>
I’ve gotten that in comment threads before, people proudly telling me they were independent. As if.
In NY, you can’t vote in primaries unless you’re registered to the party it’s for. I just changed from Democrat to Republican in hopes of being able to eject Elise Stefanik from Congress. She has a primary opponent who probably has about as much chance as a Democrat running in upstate NY.
But, we do what we can.
A great story and I agree with you and I did a deep dive into what you said. However, self identified independents are persuadable and declared Reps or Dems are mostly not. I like Dan Crenshaw, my Rep, but I did not vote for him just because he was a Republican. That is my Dem bias. Now I would not vote for him because he is now a MAGA idiot. Flaming Bud Light and having a cooler full of the same parent companies beer shows MAGA stupidity at its worst. For me that stupidity does not matter, my mind was already made up. but for declared independents, that is sort of a death blow. Let us all vote for stupid?
I guess that I'm either "dislocated"?
Well, after five plus decades of voting as an Independent it’s nice to learn that I am a deliberator. Thank you for that. However, that being said, at different times I have definitely been a Partisan voter. For example, back in the 50’s and 60’s I could never have been a Democrat because of their segregationist policies thanks to those senior southern Senators and Congressmen. And today I could never be a Republican because of the likes of Trump, McConnell and their ilk. So, while I am proud to be a life long Independent, and a voter who has always voted for the best candidate, I really dislike being categorized as a partisan Independent.. Excellent article though: got me thinking, and remembering.