It’s a common misconception but if you registered you aren’t “independent” you are a member of your state’s Independent party, who has a platform and agenda you may or may not agree with.
You don’t need to register with any party to show you don’t like R or D. Go for “little i independent”.
I thought I saw something about that but didn’t remember where or look further into it. I just didn’t want to register as either of the big 2. How do we link up independent voters to a new party? We don’t have to play democrat/republican in the long game if we can get enough people on board to shift the board.
I recognize this will take time and considerable effort, but I think a new party with a clean history would do this country good. Who is the outside team that’s got
some momentum that we can build on? (albeit not for this prez cycle, sadly)
The way to do it is to support ranked choice and other voting systems that are not first past the post all/nothing; this would eventually lead to changing of the composition of congress over time and the two parties would have to learn how to moderate and negotiate their stances just like happens in democracies all over the world.
I’m a registered independent, I did it because neither party represents me. I almost always vote democrat but I really wish there were more options.
I really hope you guys get ranked voting at some point so you have a chance at democracy.
That and algorithmic districting are my hopes.
I’d settle for viable candidates
Afraid the best I can do is one candidate running for the position, so your vote literally doesn’t matter.
It’s a common misconception but if you registered you aren’t “independent” you are a member of your state’s Independent party, who has a platform and agenda you may or may not agree with.
You don’t need to register with any party to show you don’t like R or D. Go for “little i independent”.
I thought I saw something about that but didn’t remember where or look further into it. I just didn’t want to register as either of the big 2. How do we link up independent voters to a new party? We don’t have to play democrat/republican in the long game if we can get enough people on board to shift the board.
I recognize this will take time and considerable effort, but I think a new party with a clean history would do this country good. Who is the outside team that’s got some momentum that we can build on? (albeit not for this prez cycle, sadly)
The way to do it is to support ranked choice and other voting systems that are not first past the post all/nothing; this would eventually lead to changing of the composition of congress over time and the two parties would have to learn how to moderate and negotiate their stances just like happens in democracies all over the world.