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Independents either have no clue what they believe in and change their support every day or they are really Democrats. It is impossible for a GOP candidate to appeal to them. Independents are more interested in how virtuous they are.

If that were true, then Independents + Democrats would be 60%+ of the country. Obviously that's not the case.

Many GOP candidates appeal to me because they are moderates. Many Democrat candidates appeal to be because they are moderates. If preferring candidates who represent most of America is virtuous, then consider my waving my flag around.

I don't want dudes playing in women's sports. (It's biologically unfair)

I don't want religion being taught in my kid's school.

I have a nuanced view on abortion, I believe that women should be able to make up their own mind as far as abortion and not be dictated to by the state while the fetus is in early stages (15w), but should still be allowed to proceed if their life is in danger, or the woman is a victim or Rape or incest.

I don't want my child taught sex education in Elementary school (Though this is more on properly choosing your School board than any national or state level election)

I believe elections and the right to vote are sacrosanct, we should be making it easier, not more difficult. You can't have a representative democracy when you disallow the people they represent to have a voice in their representative.

Yet candidates from both parties push these things above as absolute when they are the extremists. So yeah, frick em, I ain't voting for them. If the other candidate is a moderate, I will absolutely vote for them to keep the nutbars out of elected office.

If more people (and politicians) would mind their own damn business and stop wanting to run other people's lives, this would be a much better place.