Why haven't the site administrators informed us of your elevated status as grand poobah of DU?

and I was just starting to get more involved too.

Seriously though, your response to the other poster did seem to be a bit rude. Perhaps that's just me.

but I DO care how they vote.

your powers are truly great!

Your hat Sir...



LOL...enjoy your evening and best wishes for a great weekend!

I'm outta here...need to get a shower before Colbert comes on.

but I'll be back by your good graces.

Even a couple of full-blown commies. DU is a pretty good left-wing melting pot.

to be on this site.....course the rules change frequently around here.

It's not Anything Goes Underground.

I think someone told me that once before. Duh.

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We know that Senator Sanders has pissed in your corn flakes by having the unmitigated gall to be an "Independent", and that therefore, you place more importance on the artificial construct of labels than actual adherence to the historical principles of the large D Democratic party and of small d democracy.

But what dastardly plot do you expect to uncover with a poll like this?

I will inevitably be voting for democrats because there's little alternative, but on my terms.

All voters here are technically independents. You can vote in whichever primary you choose, but you must only choose one party, and you can only vote in that party's runoff (if there is one).

I have always voted for Dems in Presidential elections, but I can vote for any party in other elections. I would say that I've voted Democratic about 90-95 percent of the time since 1988, when I first started voting. But to be honest, probably the only reason I've remained a Democrat is because we don't have a viable third party on the left.

I'm hoping the Democrats move further to the left, but I know it's unlikely for the party to change a lot anytime soon. I would be satisfied if we just became the party of FDR again.

If the neoliberal's are successful in their attempt to redefine what a Democrat means, I will leave the party.

If it's too distressing for you to answer, you don't have to.

JOIN THE OATS KEEPERS!

every election.

"work together". I don't want them screwing around in our primaries, and picking someone who can't win the GE.

I don't.

they like to shit or their allies and then blame them when they lose.

they like to shit on their allies and blame them when they lose.

so they mostly vote Democratic in the GE or republican. I've never heard an Independent blame a loss on another party.

are exactly the same as any other kind of voter in that they want the candidates they vote for to win. Some independent voters are exactly like some partisan voters in that they shit on potential allies and blame them when their preferred candidate loses. If you've never heard an independent voter blame partisan politics for their preferred candidates losing, then I don't know what to say. I certainly have. A lot.

On a minor note, there is no Independent Party in the U.S. that I'm aware of. There are third-parties, there are politicians who are unaffiliated with any party and are called Independents, and there are independent voters.

You think Hillary can win without them?

You sound more like the guy who got an ulcer from not getting to be The Decider.

I'm also a Buddhist, lover of Bach and Beethoven, and good looking....because I say I am.

I also don't sign loyalty oaths.

I put in Martin O'Malley, just because I'd like him to get some attention.

We should do away with political parties and judge a person on their actually word deeds and character.

Voting for a brand name does not alway determine the best candidate.

Meritocracy is what we need not an oligarchy dominated by two brand names.

I know and understand the theosophical/knowledge difference

The party isn't the same as the one I grew up in.

I'm still a Democrat, but they moved the "big tent" next to Poppy Bush's place while I stood my ground.

jeez louise this is getting exhausting.

then again, when the protected one has crappy or nonexistent positions on key issues and is starting what will become a steep downhill slide, i can understand wanting to focus on nonsensical crap like this.

the desperation is getting almost unbearable. i might have to take a break till bernie officially gets the nom

Who do you think is more admirable?

Say it!!!!!

I was Independent after 08 - switched back so I could vote for Sanders in the primary. Oregon doesn't have open primaries. I will be switching back shortly after the primary.

So to answer your question, I voted PASS.

I know you probably couldn't care less but I will happily register Democratic again if the party starts to get back to where it once belonged.

I see it as the lesser of two evils. That is, Democrats are angels when compared to the psychopathic GOP, but measured on their own with no apocalyptic GOP backdrop, the Democratic Party is nothing to write home about.

The best label for my political beliefs is probably "social democrat":

Here in Va you don't register a party.

And a grinner.

I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner.

I play my music in the sun.

As the party continues to move right, I'm still left.

As you can see by my avatar, I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter.

I guess I'm a Democratic Socialist.

I'm voting for the future of my children and grand-children. I'm voting for the current needs of my community (poor working folks of all colors).

What's your game?

I'm going out fighting. I've done it all my life and I will not stop now.

I'm actually a member of the Whig Party.

I am independent now.

And probably vote for Ds 90 percent of the time. But I normally vote for the candidate and not the party. I am not a party line voter.

I'm a registered voter, but there is no requirement to declare a party affiliation.

The fact that I contribute to Democrats, and vote the straight Democratic ticket, probably means something, but I've never gotten a membership card to the Democratic party.

I have been a registered Democrat since I voted for George McGovern in my first presidential election. I have always voted Democratic except for a couple of local Green Party candidates. I have seriously thought of unenrolling because of my disillusionment with the party but I always vote in the primaries and didn't want to lose that. The national party has abandoned many of the candidates nominated in Democratic primaries, in Maine elections, for a few cycles now. They have decided that the candidate was too liberal to beat a "moderate" Republican like Susan Collins or they thought the Independent candidate, Angus King, was good enough, even though he would never say who he planned to caucus with. I will never donate money to the DNC only to individual candidates.
I still have the same values and principles that I had when I was 18. I feel that the Democratic Party has left me as it has given in to corporate issues and gone to the right. I will vote for the candidate whose values most closely reflect mine regardless of their label.

and have been ever since and was before all but officially having volunteered to help Democrats with and without my mother since I was a child.

So the fuck what is there some door prize being given out or something?

Cheers!

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I changed my enrollment to "unenrolled" after Andrew Cuomo was elected Governor in New York. I will not be associated with any political party that supports the Dark Prince. I will vote my conscience, which generally means Democratic for purposes of national elections. When it comes to NY State elections, all bets are off.

He's a pathetic Chris Christie wannabe. I won't vote for Schumer ever again. But am still a Democrat hoping that someone runs against them in a primary.

Interesting.

occasional warmongering, oligarch loving, fossil fuel craving, and union bashing, I'm still a Democrat -- with only the occasional, meaningless, third-party vote.

here it is: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=585145

What's your point?