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To: Brumar89 who wrote (67695)	10/23/2008 1:58:14 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I vote Republican. I'm sure I must have voted in Republican primary elections , though I don't always and that might mean I'm a "registered Republican". In some states you would have to be a registered Republican to vote in the Republican primary. In my state (VA) you don't have to register for a party (or explicitly as an independent), you just register to vote. In some states you do register for a party or as an independent. Some states have open primaries where any registered voter can vote in a parties primaries (or in more than one). Other states have closed primaries where only people registered as members of the particular party can vote in that parties primaries. CA lets the parties decide if they want unaffiliated voters to be able to vote in the primary. Apparently in the 2008 primary the Republicans allowed outsiders in, and the Democrats did not. According to Wikipedia the states with open primaries are * Alabama * Arkansas * Georgia * Hawaii * Idaho * Indiana * Michigan * Minnesota * Mississippi * Missouri * North Dakota * South Carolina * Tennessee * Texas * Vermont * Virginia * Wisconsin en.wikipedia.org More detailed information is at fairvote.org

To: Brumar89 who wrote (67695)	10/23/2008 1:59:37 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

I see you don't take exception at all to the idea you consider yourself a member of the Democrat party. If it's important to you, then obviously I don't. I thought that went without saying. I'm not a member of any party (UK or elsewhere), I've never found one I'm sufficiently aligned with. I've campaigned and voted for all three major parties here, at different times in my life, plus voted for a couple of minor ones (Green and an Independent). I think I've only once voted for the candidate who actually won the seat, and on that occasion his party still lost the general election... I really haven't decided who I'll vote for in our next general election. Labour don't deserve another vote for multiple reasons, I'm not convinced of the Conservatives' competence or principle, and I disagree with too many policies to vote Lib Dem. I see a lot to like and admire in Obama, and a lot to mistrust, dislike and fear in a continuation of the present Republican rule (feelings greatly strengthened by the electoral campaign). Doesn't it say something to you that Bush's own party are trying to omit him - two-term incumbent President - from their campaign, to the point where some Republicans are actively trying to link themselves to Obama?