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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The 42% are democrats and 47% are republicans is the true surprise. That is a huge difference even though it might not seem like it.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, I have been a registered Republican as long as I have been voting.

And have been voting straight Democrat for over a decade now.

I wonder if there are more like me?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Curious, why do you remain registered as a Republican?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My state has open primaries and I vote in the Republican primary to fuck their shit up.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If your state has open primaries, you don't need to register Republican to vote in their primary though?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. That's the point of an open primary. You can vote in either party's primarily.

I'm in a pretty red district. My primary vote is more powerful when voting Republican.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why register Republican if you don't need to register for a party to vote in a primary? Open primary means you don't need to be registered with the party to vote in their primary. So why register Republican?

Edit: Oh ok, I see that was someone else who made the initial comment. I never check usernames...

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At this point I don't know.

Initially I thought I could "undermine" from within. I'm a 50 year old, white, vet, so I tick a lot of conservative boxes, and I imagined I could plant seeds of doubt with people that might assume to include me in certain groups.

But that never really happened, and both parties can hang for all I care. (At least 90% of the ones over 65.)

So now I just vote straight Dem for harm reduction and tell young folks they need to be active, vote, and take the roles away from us older folks cuz we can't be trusted to do what is obviously and objectively the right thing to do.

What is funny is I have been reading and listening to a lot of early US history and this has literally been the same story over and over again.

Is there a political system that works?

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

We haven’t tried this one yet. I’m willing to give it a go!

[–] Cptn_Slow@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not OP, but probably to sabotage the competition rather than force each party to run a competitive candidate.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago

I wonder how much that has to do with state rules on voting in primaries. Like, when I lived in MA I was registered independent because that would let me vote in any primary (but only one). My current state, I have to be affiliated with a specific party to vote.

[–] huppakee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also interesting, the estimated percentage of Democrats is bigger than the estimated percentage of Republicans while the true percentage is the other way around.

Except it’s wrong. 40% are independents so a 50/50 split cannot happen.

This is a shitty poll as it splits everyone 50/50 and neither party has the plurality of voters.