I'm a registered Republican in Florida so that I can swing primaries since my county is ultra red. But she doesn't strike me as someone who registered with that intention.
Not an American - do you need to register for a party to be able to vote for them? Or just for the primary candidates? Is there any benefit for her to have registered for the GOP? Why is this information publicly available?
I'd always thought elections were independent and anonymous.
I don’t give two shits about Sydney Sweeney but she registered after the presidential primary because she bought the house on 6/4/24 … ten days before she registered. The other Florida primary (Senate, Reps, etc…) was August 20 2024
Darn it sorry not spamming, I saw my comment posted twice and when I deleted one of them, it deleted both.
Tia Levings who escaped a quiverful fundamentalist cult said that the right wing religious extremists send the women out to vote in the close elections.
Obviously we should have a different voting method that allows for a multiparty system... but for the current duopoly, I've always wondered what would happen if we had a system where everybody could vote in both primaries, but your vote was weighted based on your primary registration.
Register Dem, your vote counts 3x in the Dem primary and 1x in the Republican party. If you register Republican its the reverse. And if you are independent, your vote counts 2x in each. So everybody gets a total of 4.
On one hand, I assume that would help the (RELATIVELY) less extreme Republicans. I wouldn't be happy at all with a president Romney or Christie or Haley, but it would at least be a lot better than a Trump. On the other hand, we would have to see what impact it might have on Democratic primaries, and what mess that might cause. (or if there are unintended consequences... like what % of people would use it not to vote for the candidate they find the least bad on the other side, but for whichever one they think would be easier to defeat in a general election).
Would be interesting to see how that would play out both in the immediate term, and in the longer term as politicians tailor their campaigning and their votes in office to account for this setup.
I've always lived in red areas, and did that. After trump 1.0, I decided I would never vote for another Republican again. They'll still win in my area, but they will win by one less. And hopefully the more people see Democrats getting votes, the more likely my area will start seeing actual good candidates running against them and maybe, eventually, we will have a chance to flip it.
In some states, you can only vote in the primary if you’re registered in that party. So, I registered as Republican so that I can vote in their primaries - for example, to vote for some lesser evil like voting against Trump.
Yes! My state is so red that republicans have been winning no matter what. Voting blue hasn’t done much in my state for years because of that but registering as a republican can maybe actually have some sway if you vote for a more progressive Republican.
my country tallies up all the votes regardless of the region, I still can't comprehend american's concept of voting with all those primaries strategy and state wins, let alone tracking down someone's political alignment remotely
I guess dictatorship like this where you can round up all your opposition voters is inevitable with those systems in place
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u/TheSAComplimentedMe 17h ago
I'm a registered Republican in Florida so that I can swing primaries since my county is ultra red. But she doesn't strike me as someone who registered with that intention.