Questions in regards to voting. (Ron Paul, Obama, independent, dollars)
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Hello All,
Well to begin I'm 20 years old, so this will be my first year voting. I pretty much already have my mind made up who I'm voting for.
I was wondering just because a person is a registered republican/democrat, do they always vote for that party? Ex. Say a person named Bob is a registered Democrat but they are fed up with Obama, will they still vote for Obama or will they stay Democrat but in this election vote for Romney?
I guess the question is, are you always faithful to your party no matter how bad the candidate may be?
In some states (including mine), there is no party registration. I am socially moderate/fiscally conservative and I vote GOP most of the time but do vote Democrat occasionally. I will be voting for Romney this year and will be voting for Republicans in most of the downticket races, but I am considering voting for a Democrat for State Senate.
Some people will vote third party sometimes, but I don't because I do not want to "throw away my vote."
Most Democrats vote Democrat and most Republicans vote Republican in most elections, but there are always some people who defect for whatever reason. True swing voters usually call themselves independents and are not registered with either party in states with party registration.
Thank you, it seems like I need to be registered as a independent. At the DMV they asked which party I was going to register with but I just said none because I can't agree fully with either party or whomever I'm voting for.
Thank you, it seems like I need to be registered as a independent. At the DMV they asked which party I was going to register with but I just said none because I can't agree fully with either party or whomever I'm voting for.
If your state requires registration with a party to vote in that party's primaries, you may want to register with a party if you want a say in that party's nominee.
I should have also mentioned in my earlier post - there are some states where there is a lot of crossover voting. This happens especially in some southern states where there a lot of conservative Democratic candidates in races on the state level (though this is becoming less and less common, as more of these conservative Democrats are becoming Republicans).
You can vote however you want in a general election regardless of what party you're registered with.
Just because you register as a Democrat certainly doesn't mean you're required to vote for Obama and just because you register as a Republican certainly doesn't mean you're required to vote for Romney.
Hello All,
Well to begin I'm 20 years old, so this will be my first year voting. I pretty much already have my mind made up who I'm voting for.
I was wondering just because a person is a registered republican/democrat, do they always vote for that party? Ex. Say a person named Bob is a registered Democrat but they are fed up with Obama, will they still vote for Obama or will they stay Democrat but in this election vote for Romney?
I guess the question is, are you always faithful to your party no matter how bad the candidate may be?
I have always voted for the man not the party, but most lefties here don't accept that because I switched from independent voting for Dems for President to plain old registered Republican and have voted for all kinds of Dems since then. I haven't voted for one Dem for President since 1972 when they nominated a socialist and they haven't failed to do that since then.
There is no law that you have to vote for the party you are registered with any time other than at closed primaries. Then you get only a ballot with your party's candidates on it.
You can vote for whom ever you like regardless of your party registration.
You can even write in a candidate, like Ron Paul, or Ralph Nader. You are no obligated to accept the choices offered you can make another. ... assuming the ballot hasn't stolen that right away.
BTW - I'm glad you are voting, and I don't care who you chose, just that you exercise that right.
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