Don’t kill me, but I actually registered as a Republican so I can vote in their primaries and other elections, and have a say in who gets elected instead of choosing the Democrat that will get voted out of my Republican state.
Of course, recently, I’ve always voted blue unless the Dem is a massive jerk for some reason. Registering as a Republican doesn’t stop me from doing that.
The fact that closed primaries are a thing is absolutely ridiculous.
I’m stuck as a “Republican” until the next primary. Ohio automatically registers you with the party of the last primary you participated in and doesn’t allow changes or revocations other than choosing a different primary next time.
If I’d known that ahead of time I wouldn’t have bothered with my pointless protest vote against Trump in this year’s Republican primary. I have never, and will never, voted for a Republican in a general election, but as far as they’re concerned I’m a card carrying member that needs to be on every mailing list they can think of.
The independent share stood at 34% in the latest update of Edison’s exit poll, compared with 34% for Republicans and 32% for Democrats.
Like self identified vegetarians increasing big mac sales
Speaking only for myself, but I’d wager this is pretty common: registered independent, but my voting pattern is consistently solid blue. Historically I mostly just don’t want to give the poll worker any reason treat me less-than-ethically due to not aligning with their party of choice. Now-a-days, I don’t want a D next to my name when the Nazis we just elected start making their lists of undesirables.
