Pretty soon, ya'll will be considered a minority :o)

[gunit_sangh]

G.O.P. Drops in Voting Rolls in Many States

Well before Senators Barack Obama and John McCain rose to the top of their parties, a partisan shift was under way at the local and state level. For more than three years starting in 2005, there has been a reduction in the number of voters who register with the Republican Party and a rise among voters who affiliate with Democrats and, almost as often, with no party at all.

While the implications of the changing landscape for Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain are far from clear, voting experts say the registration numbers may signal the beginning of a move away from Republicans that could affect local, state and national politics over several election cycles. Already, there has been a sharp reversal for Republicans in many statehouses and governors’ mansions.

In several states, including the traditional battlegrounds of Nevada and Iowa, Democrats have surprised their own party officials with significant gains in registration. In both of those states, there are now more registered Democrats than Republicans, a flip from 2004. No states have switched to the Republicans over the same period, according to data from 26 of the 29 states in which voters register by party. (Three of the states did not have complete data.)

In six states, including Iowa, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, the Democratic piece of the registration pie grew more than three percentage points, while the Republican share declined. In only three states — Kentucky, Louisiana and Oklahoma — did Republican registration rise while Democratic registration fell, but the Republican increase was less than a percentage point in Kentucky and Oklahoma. Louisiana was the only state to register a gain of more than one percentage point for Republicans as Democratic numbers declined.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/us/politics/05flip.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

[they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!]

the gop is just a moderate wing of the dem party.

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

the gop is just a moderate wing of the dem party.

Haha. This is why I have to laugh at this kind of partisanship. The parties have little to distinguish them from each other.

[spunkloaf]

So I am curious--
What kind of partisanship would the assholes of the right wing prefer?
 

[they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!]

this nation is suffering because we have become a one party system.  both parties have learned that our votes can be bought.

[spunkloaf]

this nation is suffering because we have become a one party system.  both parties have learned that our votes can be bought.

Well, this is agreeable.


What do we do? 

[Peter1469]

 As I have said several times, if people stop supporting the major candidates at the voting booth the two parties will collapse.  But it is not done by simply no voting.  Take the time to check none of the above.  If you don’t have that option, then petition the government for that option.  If a large number of people took time to check that box, that would truly wake politicians up in America. 

[spunkloaf]

As I have said several times, if people stop supporting the major candidates at the voting booth the two parties will collapse.  But it is not done by simply no voting.  Take the time to check none of the above.  If you don’t have that option, then petition the government for that option.  If a large number of people took time to check that box, that would truly wake politicians up in America. 

Well put.

But it will take thousands of tons of TNT to break the hard shell on American minds.
How do we go about getting the message out to vote independently ( if that is right word)?

[they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!]

every harvest begins with a seed.

[spunkloaf]

every harvest begins with a seed.

This is why candidates use music and other major entertainment to get their word out.

--

You should look up viral marketing, grump.  It's not very new, but recently it has taken on a new face on the internet.  Some bands are using it for exactly what the name implies--a virus.

But, a GOOD virus.

[Michael Aldrich]

I think I'm going to leave the Republican Party. I don't belong. I won't join the Democrats, though. Not a chance in Hell.

There was a party in Canada called the Progressive Conservative Party. It was socially progressive and fiscally moderate -- like me. It folded and merged with the modern Conservative Party a few years ago.

[spunkloaf]

I think I'm going to leave the Republican Party. I don't belong. I won't join the Democrats, though. Not a chance in Hell.

There was a party in Canada called the Progressive Conservative Party. It was socially progressive and fiscally moderate -- like me. It folded and merged with the modern Conservative Party a few years ago.

Great idea.  That's why I left the democratic party.  I never really was a part of it to begin with, though, except my one vote for John Kerry (I just wanted Bush to get the hell out of office).
I don't belong anywhere, though I am very compassionate towards liberals and democrats.  Part of me still believes this is the "good" side.

[Michael Aldrich]

I think I'm going to leave the Republican Party. I don't belong. I won't join the Democrats, though. Not a chance in Hell.

There was a party in Canada called the Progressive Conservative Party. It was socially progressive and fiscally moderate -- like me. It folded and merged with the modern Conservative Party a few years ago.

Great idea.  That's why I left the democratic party.  I never really was a part of it to begin with, though, except my one vote for John Kerry (I just wanted Bush to get the hell out of office).
I don't belong anywhere, though I am very compassionate towards liberals and democrats.  Part of me still believes this is the "good" side.

I would join the Democratic Party if they would start to understand what true fiscal responsibility is. Tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend, tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend -- this is the modern day Democratic Party. It's been that way since the 1930s. That is not fiscal responsibility.

[spunkloaf]

I think you're 100% right. correct.

[gunit_sangh]

yeah .. clinton was sooooooo irresponsible. Balanced budget and a budget surplus.

The only way to reform the government is to take the money out of politics -- completely. When you have folks giving tens of thousands of dollars to a politician or party ... it doesn't matter which party controls congress ... they will get the tax breaks and lax legislation they want.