Comment on Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 day agoDifficult in a state where you have to declare a party (and “none” doesn’t count; they only recognize R or D)
Comment on Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 day agoDifficult in a state where you have to declare a party (and “none” doesn’t count; they only recognize R or D)
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sounds like it’s as easy as declaring a party. Are there some strange initiation rituals you need to go through to declare? Sacrifice a goat or something?
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What if I don’t want to declare a party and remain independent?
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Then you can watch as things don’t change because of your stubborn pride.
You can declare a party to vote in an election and remain philosophically independent, that’s always been allowed.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This right here is why people don’t vote in the primaries and instead of saying, “huh, you’re right, you shouldn’t have to register with a party” you’re doubling down on your horrid stance.
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lemonskate@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well I suppose you could always whine about it online instead?
It costs you nothing to register as a Dem so you can vote against these fuckers in the primaries, except maybe some worthless sense of idealogical purity.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have 0 desire to be mercilessly spammed by the Dems or Repubs because I registered with their party.
Plus no one but me should know / needs to know my party affiliation. In today’s day and age of wanting more privacy, this is part of it. I don’t want to be on the wrong side of history because I was registered with a party.