In my early years of voting (I first was able to vote in 1972) I mostly voted R but when good Dems or Independents popped up, I was comfortable voting for them too. No more. The Dem party has been thoroughly captured by the sorts of people I saw trying to destroy our country in the 1960s, and at this point in time there isn't a single De…
In my early years of voting (I first was able to vote in 1972) I mostly voted R but when good Dems or Independents popped up, I was comfortable voting for them too. No more. The Dem party has been thoroughly captured by the sorts of people I saw trying to destroy our country in the 1960s, and at this point in time there isn't a single Dem I would vote for anywhere. Dems vote as a block, no matter what sensible thing a D might say. Until the Dem party gets rid of the many extremist leftists, no D votes from me. I'm fully aware that there are a great many undesirable R's, but votes have to be more strategic now and there is more possibility of change that we all want if the R's control things over the D's. Third party candidates can't prevail either, and that's a fact of life. People told me they may vote for 3rd party candidates to "send a message" to the Republicans. Guess what....that message isn't being seen or received. It's a non-vote essentially. Too bad it's this way, but that's the way of things. I don't see any way to build up (quickly) a third party that could seriously challenge the Uniparty.
In my early years of voting (I first was able to vote in 1972) I mostly voted R but when good Dems or Independents popped up, I was comfortable voting for them too. No more. The Dem party has been thoroughly captured by the sorts of people I saw trying to destroy our country in the 1960s, and at this point in time there isn't a single Dem I would vote for anywhere. Dems vote as a block, no matter what sensible thing a D might say. Until the Dem party gets rid of the many extremist leftists, no D votes from me. I'm fully aware that there are a great many undesirable R's, but votes have to be more strategic now and there is more possibility of change that we all want if the R's control things over the D's. Third party candidates can't prevail either, and that's a fact of life. People told me they may vote for 3rd party candidates to "send a message" to the Republicans. Guess what....that message isn't being seen or received. It's a non-vote essentially. Too bad it's this way, but that's the way of things. I don't see any way to build up (quickly) a third party that could seriously challenge the Uniparty.