Pros and Cons of Registering Independent? Opinions, Please

[Isla]

Ugh. I am so disillusioned with both parties that I am ready to register Independent.

Does anyone know if an Independent can vote in the primaries in FL?

Any opinions on this?

 

[NFS4]

Cons are your party won't win anything.

 

[shopbruin]

unless the primaries are open in Florida I don't think that you can.

I wanna register independent mainly because I support some view from each party. If I were to ever rise up in the ranks of the party I would probably be taken down because of my views. *sigh*

 

[Total Refected Power]

Donna Reed would just ask her hubby who to vote for! j/k!! j/k!!!

I think it would just add your voice to the growing masses of people who are dissatisifed with special interest politics. May effect how you can vote in primaries but you'll have to find how that works in FL. I know the Republicans altered voting eligibility after McCains good showing in certain states.

 

[Tripleshot]

Register anyway your heart desires. What goes on behind the voting curtain is between you and your concience.No one,I mean no one needs to know your vote.

Just remember,when you register,you make yourself available for jury duty.

 

[Isla]

TRP

and everyone, really....

I would have voted in a heartbeat for McCain.... and so would my FDR Democrat parents!

My husband, "Mr Reed", once a staunch Republican who forbade me to vote Democrat (and I didn't vote in the past 2 elections because of his wishes) is now just as torn as I am.

 

[ATLien247]

I, for one, have not and will not vote until the Electoral College no longer decides what's best for the people. Until that day, I believe the popular vote to be an exercise in futility.

 

[Tripleshot]

Isla

I tried long ago telling my wife who to vote for.Now she tells me to go 'F' myself if I try to get her to vote my vote. She did vote for me once when I was on the road and could not get back.

After 30 years,I respect her right to choose whatever candidate she wishes,and she allows me the same, without much discusion either.

ATLien247

I am also not in favor of the electoral college,but it is what we have and it does work(in an outdated way). It is not a valid excuse to remove yourself from the process. If you do not vote, I think you have no room to quibble or complain or brag about the state of affairs as it pertains to the masses. Just my opinion. You will find lots of those in this forum.

 

[Napalm381]

Before you bad-mouth the electoral college, Red, take a good look at this article and perhaps reconsider your stance. It takes emotion out of the issue and analyzes the electoral system from a purely mathematical standpoint.

 

[Fathom4]

<< who forbade me to vote Democrat (and I didn't vote in the past 2 elections because of his wishes) is now just as torn as I am. >>

Huh?


Personally I'm running as a &quot;write-in&quot; candidate.

If the weather on the weekend sucks and Monday is nice, Monday is an automatic holiday.

High speed 'net connections all around.

Come to think of it, let's get rid of Monday all together and subsitute it with Netday, where everyone is required to surf their heads off.



....need more diet coke.

 

[Isla]

yes, Fathom....

forbade

He's a little bit intense at times.

However, I have managed to break him down rather nicely over the past couple of years....

I am a lion tamer among wives!

 

[ATLien247]

Tripleshot,

That is exactly why you haven't seen me complain on this forum about politics, nor would you hear me complain in real life.

The way I see it--even after reading the informative article that Napalm provided--is that the individual has less voting power in an electoral college system. Who's to say that politicians won't one day decide that the average voter doesn't know what's best for them and elect a candidate who clearly does not represent the choice of the people? I know my example might be a bit on the extreme side, but if this did indeed happen, what would you say then?

 

[Tripleshot]

ATLien247


Who's to say that politicians won't one day decide that the average voter doesn't know what's best for them and elect a candidate who clearly does not represent the choice of the people? I know my example might be a bit on the extreme side, but if this did indeed happen, what would you say then?

That scenerio is playing out in realtime in Serbia as we type this nonsense out on our dweeble little computers.

Do I think that will happen in the US? Not a chance. Anyone who would suggest that it could is one brick short of a full load.

Go vote for who you think best represents your interests. I don't care if you vote for the guy with the proverbial &quot;best Hair&quot;. Just get involved . You will be glad you did.

 

[Isla]

Tripleshot....

Glad you and the missus worked it out in time. And yes, I will vote my conscious.... My conscious doesn't like the choices, but what else is new?

 

[cxim]

Florida is a closed primary state.

If hubby goes to the polls with you, he will know because you get a party ballot !

Independents only vote for party cadidates under special conditions in primaries.

a site for some Florida voting info


What does this mean? Only registered Democrats may vote in the Democratic Primary; only registered
Republicans may vote in the Republican Primary; and electors registered with minor political parties, as
independents, or with no party may vote for issues school board, or judges if any appear on the primary
ballot. However, if all candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner of that primary
will have no opposition in the general election, then all qualified electors, regardless of party affiliation, may
vote in the primary elections for that office.

 

[Isla]

Thanks, cxim

I'm on it!