In a primary election where people are voting to select a candidate to run
in the general election, only members of a particular party should be able
to select their party's candidate. At least, that is my opinion.
Unfortunately, people with an agenda have changed this in many states. Of
course,
At 07:36 PM 10/23/2002, you wrote:
IMO, I agree with President George Washington in his Farewell Address,
that we should shun political parties. All they have done is divide the
nation along a single line without as much as a care for actual platform.
Too many people vote for a party, simply becau
Mark Gregson:
You mean to say that you cannot vote in the US unless you register
your "preference"? Is that true? And if it is, what's the point
of it? Since your vote is secret, why register a preference?
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I do not recall living in a state where you had to declare a party
p
At 08:36 PM, Wednesday, 10/23/02, Gary Smith wrote:
One more thing. We need to put term limits on all Congress. One term for
Senate, two for House. Then we wouldn't have people fighting to keep
themselves forever in office, and it would reduce the amount of voter
bribes. New Senators and Congressm
>For the last couple of years I've been toying with the idea of becoming
a
>Democrat, although as a conservative and Constitutionalist I don't
imagine
>I would be a very good Democrat.
I think I understand a little bit what you are saying and we talked about
it when I visited you. I'm torn be
At some point in the past, Stephen wrote:
> To make sure the Democrats in an area don't band together and elect a
> Republican candidate who can't possibly win the general election, and
> vice versa.
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This happens, I'm sure. I mentioned before that this is the way things
-Marc-
> In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an
> independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from
This is not correct.
-Mark-
> What? You mean to say that you cannot vote in the US unless
> you register your "preference"? Is that true?
No, it is not true. Many stat
Stephen Beecroft wrote:
> -Marc-
> > In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an
> > independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from
>
> This is not correct.
Please don't interrupt. If you read the whole post, I made clear that this was to
vote in party conventions -- wh
-Marc-
> In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an
> independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from
-Stephen-
> This is not correct.
-Marc-
> Please don't interrupt.
Oops. My bad. I had thought this was John Redelfs' discussion list, not
Marc Schindler's lecture hall.
Exactly. I was referring to state party conventions, what you call in US English,
primaries.
Stephen Beecroft wrote:
> -Marc-
> > In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an
> > independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from
>
> -Stephen-
> > This is not correct.
>
> -Mar
-Marc-
> Exactly. I was referring to state party conventions, what you
> call in US English, primaries.
Interesting. So, then, what did you intend to say when you wrote:
So to say that my late father was a Democrat means that he
was registered as a Democrat. As it happens, this is prett
Stephen Beecroft wrote:
> -Marc-
> > Exactly. I was referring to state party conventions, what you
> > call in US English, primaries.
>
> Interesting. So, then, what did you intend to say when you wrote:
>
> So to say that my late father was a Democrat means that he
> was registered as
-Stephen-
> Interesting. So, then, what did you intend to say when you wrote:
>
> So to say that my late father was a Democrat means that he
> was registered as a Democrat. As it happens, this is pretty
> meaningless, because the vote is secret, and you can vote
> for whomever y
Stephen Beecroft wrote:
> -Stephen-
> > Interesting. So, then, what did you intend to say when you wrote:
> >
> > So to say that my late father was a Democrat means that he
> > was registered as a Democrat. As it happens, this is pretty
> > meaningless, because the vote is secret,
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