Comment on Are Independents just embarrassed Republicans like Libertarians Apolitical and Moderates?
lime@feddit.nu 7 hours ago
depends on the country. here independents are just people who have split with the party they campaigned with, and they’re not eligible for re-election but allowed to stay the period for the sake of balancing the numbers.
SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Jeez playing coin toss with your political compass seems like a do or die situation huh.
Why would cromires even bother letting their orange dictator restrain them on a leesh
lime@feddit.nu 5 hours ago
most of the world doesn’t have a “yes” party and a “no” party. if you agree on all but one point with your party, but you or them feel strongly about that point, leaving their ranks to join up with one of the other 10 parties that align with you more is a pretty simple decision. but since you can’t do that in the middle of a term you get to sit as independent until it’s up, otherwise the vote count is wrong.