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Are there actually independents who and moderates who cross party lines?
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:20 pm
Im curious because say your a Democratic voter. Why would you want a candidate who is a centrist or conservative Democrat?
Same with republicans. Say your a Republican senator in a purple state up for re-election. Do you vote along party lines and risk moderate vote? Or do you work with other side then get killed on talk radio and get called a rino.
Maybe I’m wrong but I never met someone who votes both parties? And what issues decide the way you vote if your independent?
Same with republicans. Say your a Republican senator in a purple state up for re-election. Do you vote along party lines and risk moderate vote? Or do you work with other side then get killed on talk radio and get called a rino.
Maybe I’m wrong but I never met someone who votes both parties? And what issues decide the way you vote if your independent?
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Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:25 pm to bdavids09
Can you please make your title readable?
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Are there actually independents who and moderates who cross party lines?
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:30 pm to bdavids09
Yes, AggieHank is a ‘libertarian’ who crosses over and votes for democrats.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:34 pm to bdavids09
Yes, I think so.
Truth is, there's a lot of sane, normal people who happen to be registered Dem voters. They want normalcy, not extremism.
Hell, don't you remember Bill Clinton getting into a shouting match with some BLM guy, before Hillary's campaign staff shut him down? The current party is not what it was under him. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he lied about his vote...
Truth is, there's a lot of sane, normal people who happen to be registered Dem voters. They want normalcy, not extremism.
Hell, don't you remember Bill Clinton getting into a shouting match with some BLM guy, before Hillary's campaign staff shut him down? The current party is not what it was under him. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he lied about his vote...
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:35 pm to Scoob
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In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he lied about his vote...
Like he wanted to be First Husband.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:37 pm to bdavids09
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And what issues decide the way you vote if your independent?
The majority of independents and moderates I know are all socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
I think second amendment, abortion, marijuana legalization and gay marriage is where you separate the ultra right vs the ultra left. At least for the most part.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:39 pm to bdavids09
Most people will either lean towards one party or the other, or will always vote third party. I think very very few people flip between GOP and Dem. Especially nowadays.
I used to be pretty hardcore lefty on many issues. I’d mostly vote Dem, but often I’d vote 3rd party. Rarely did I ever vote GOP.
I used to be pretty hardcore lefty on many issues. I’d mostly vote Dem, but often I’d vote 3rd party. Rarely did I ever vote GOP.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 9:46 pm to biglego
What issues changed you from being hard left? Also what do you think of today’s Democratic Party?
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:25 pm to bdavids09
Louisiana was a strong trump state but has a democratic governor.
Yea, there are people who cross party lines depending on the positions and personalities of the candidates.
Yea, there are people who cross party lines depending on the positions and personalities of the candidates.
quote:Not to be a dick, but how many people have you met?
Maybe I’m wrong but I never met someone who votes both parties?
This post was edited on 2/16/20 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:38 pm to bdavids09
I think you’d be surprised. The democratic party has changed a lot in a very short amount of time. Even during first term Obama there was a such thing as pro life, pro traditional marriage democrats. (I believe Obama didn’t change his mind about gay marriage until his second term). In today’s Democratic Party that same voter would immediately be labeled a woman hating homophobic nazi. And probably a racist too just for good measure.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:41 pm to bdavids09
I do. What? If AggieWank can be a conservative/Republican than i can be a democrat
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:44 pm to bdavids09
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Maybe I’m wrong but I never met someone who votes both parties?
Then broaden who you talk to. I fall to the left on some issues and the right on others and have voted for both parties. The past presidential election I voted for Trump, the two before that Obama, and the one before that Bush. This upcoming one I’m undecided, it’ll come down to who the Dem nominee is.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:50 pm to bdavids09
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your a Democratic voter
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if your independent
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Maybe I’m wrong
You are wrong, it’s “you’re” which is a contraction of “you are”, As opposed to what you wrote twice.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
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This upcoming one I’m undecided, it’ll come down to who the Dem nominee is.
Oh you may vote for one of the "moderate" ones?
Posted on 2/16/20 at 10:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
I voted Clinton, Gore,Kerry,Obama, Obama,
I was a lifetime Democrat, but they swung so far left it made me right leaning independent. I do not like Trump's antics all the time, but I like the results.
I was a lifetime Democrat, but they swung so far left it made me right leaning independent. I do not like Trump's antics all the time, but I like the results.
This post was edited on 6/9/20 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 2/16/20 at 11:00 pm to LSUinMA
dp
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 12:35 am
Posted on 2/16/20 at 11:02 pm to LSUinMA
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You are wrong, it’s “you’re” which is a contraction of “you are”, As opposed to what you wrote twice.
Who gives a shite? Go take your grammar idiocracy to another forum - one reserved especially for losers.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 11:06 pm to texridder
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Who gives a shite? Go take your grammar idiocracy to another forum - one reserved especially for losers.
Congratulations, I didn’t know it was possible to stutter in a post but you did it.
ETA:
What is “especiary”? Is that especially but in a Chinese accent?
This post was edited on 2/16/20 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 2/16/20 at 11:07 pm to bdavids09
The reason that a voter would prefer a centrist candidate is because the country functions better when it is not gyrating from one extreme to the other each time there is a change in control.
Posted on 2/16/20 at 11:21 pm to Paul Allen
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The majority of independents and moderates I know are all socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
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