Political Party (united States)

[Guest Kaylin]

I am a conservative libertarian, or more broadly fiscal conservative social liberal. I won't go in detail about the other parties because I know i'll be horrendusly biased hehe.~ What I believe in is very simple. Everyone is equal under any circumstances whatsoever, BUT to support this freedom we need a healthy laissez-faire economy with minor regulations (such as decreased power to the modern corporation so small businesses thrive).

So, what is everyone's political party?

[Guest Eth]

I am for the Libertarian party as well. I think my their views most closely resemble mine.

The only things I don't like is their views on the right to bear arms and children's education. I do think people need licenses to own a gun and that the trade of firearms needs to be restricted somewhat. If we can trade firearms back and forth with no records even, crimes would be a lot easier to pull off. I think the "right" to bear arms is very much out-dated.

I also think that parents should not have the right to keep their children from certain aspects of education. I think the majority of parents are not competent enough to respect their children's right to choose for themselves, and even if the majority was competent enough, that's still no good because the children whose parents fall into the minority are still being treated unfairly. Anyone can be subjected to information but it's up to them whether or not they will use it. If people's religious convictions tell them not to use the information then that's fine, but they shouldn't be blocked off from the information entirely because of their parents' beliefs.

I guess all parties have their flaws, and you can never really agree with one fully, but that's where I stand in terms of my choice of a political party.

愛 Eth

[Guest Valentine]

I'm an independent. I don't agree with enough of any of the parties platforms to say I am a member of them.

[Guest AshleyK]

I'd say I'm a democrat, although I'm not American. I don't relate to any party in the UK, the three main parties are too similar, and I disagree with the smaller parties (like the BNP and the Green Party) too much.

[Guest Leigh]

i checked "other" b/c i feel i most related to libertarian approaches to social issues...(i.e. why should the gov't interfere?)

and would call myself an economic libertarian except that i don't trust people not to be greedy and make huge out of control businesses...

i could say i'm slightly socialist b/c i think that under the current system there should be more gov't intervention in health care... or just regulation to keep the businesses from getting totally out of wack....but then the gov't and business sectors are so connected in this country....

i agree with green party policies toward....some things....including the environment.

i like the idea of the constitution party...but, like others, it's limited...

republicans and democrats are mostly the same, but i would never vote for a republican for a major office....and i could vote for a democrat...

what i am (ideally) though is an anarchist....but that's a pretty impossible ideal...

so i think i'm going to (mostly) swear off politics and go with social movements instead...

peace&love

leigh

[Guest Syamantaka]

I am a Globalist, Looking at Planet Earth as a Tiny ball

going around a star in its oribit around the galactic

center. There is no lines seen from orbit dividing countries.

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

Green card holders get to do live here, work, pay taxes and other things but politics is beyond us.. we cant vote

[Guest MissAmy]

I'm a Centrist, even though the Centrist party is only starting to reform again.

[Guest April63]

I'm a Republican. One of the few.

[Guest Pammy]

I went with Libertarian. I have been Republican ever since the fourth grade, when I found out what politics meant.

I remember there being volunteers at my school, asking kids what party they were going to choose. (This was a school-wide project to educate children about the political process) I said I didn't know and asked what the difference was. He told me that Republicans only talked and Democrats were the ones that made life better for everyone. I asked my teacher about that and he told me that was bunk. (neither of them do more than talk, in my experience) He explained about the history of the two-party system in America. Explained about other (failed) parties. Generally explained the difference was mostly one of philosophy and what each meant. THEN we got to choose and I went with Republican.

My parents were, at that time, Democrats and were SHOCKED that a child of theirs could possibly have broken with them. Of course, as they aged, they both switched to Republican. I never missed a jibe at my father for that one!

Pamela

[Guest SusanKG]

I marked Independent, as in independent voter, not any Independent party. With the limited choices available, I usually vote Democratic, certainly more so in the past few years, when many so called conservatives have turned fascist. I actually feel that their nature has come out of hiding. By the way, I don't care for left-right designators either. "Left" can be considered derogatory (left-handed compliment, and I'm left-handed) and certainly is thrown at people as such. "Right" improperly indicates "correct" which it is not always. My main position is against the big corporations, insurance, pharma, medical, industrial, religious, legal, media, military, police (yes, they are big business too), any business big enough to own any politician. That is decimating the middle-class and ruining the U.S.A. Both major parties are responsible for that. The only way to ever stop it is take ALL money - every dime - out of politics, and send every briber or bribe-taker to jail. For a long time, and not the nicest jails out there.

SusanKG

[Guest Donna Jean]

I go Independant....

I mix and match when I vote (every election since 1968)...

It's like putting together a nice outfit...this piece...that piece...

But, we all know that in the long run it's all a crap shoot...

You vote the best way you can and hope that politician acts the reason you voted for them....

Sadly....it's the best we've got....

Donna Jean

[Guest Larson]

Where's the socialist love?

[Guest ChloëC]

I could so easily be a libertarian in a heartbeat...except for their one stand on education. And that is so important a belief to me that all the rest is interesting but not worth much.

Chloë

[Guest Kieri]

Libertarian for sure. I never cared for politics before, but in the last 3 or 4 years I've educated myself about many things that are wrong with our system. I could not, with a clear conscience, vote for someone from either of the two mainstream parties anymore. Well... maybe Ron Paul.

[Guest julia_d]

I'm going to stick the battle cry of Women's Suffrage on the end of this..

No Taxation Without Representation!! Took direct action and deaths and imprisonments to get that, but get it they did eventually. The most interesting historical effect of the movement is.. The Liberals have never won an election since. They refused women the vote, and us girls have never forgotten.

My Grandmother was an active member of the WSPU .. and I still have my ribbon bearing the colours of the movement.. purple, white, green (in the US it was yellow). I have worn those colours on political rallies in my time, but now I have a trans ribbon which is equally suitable.

My politics are Keynesian and a little communist. Organised political parties deny actual representation of the electorate (unconstitutional) and should be removed and ALL elected representatives be individuals directly answerable to the people who actually employ them. No elected person should be allowed to hold elected office for more than 2 terms consecutively. They must have NO OTHER sourceof paid employment at the same time as they hold elected office, and are deliberately barred from being employed after a term by any business involved with anything on which they have spoken or voted whilst in office.

I guess I'm a little more radical than most.. must be from holding a public elected office back when.

[Guest Amy937]

Definitely a ultra-libertarian, let things run as they should if there were no government and people did not try to use force to achieve their ends, and peaceful means of trade were the only wan that people deal with each other, exchanging value for value, rather than through means of force (taxes are an example of a government using force). Government should be very limited basically only a local police force that defends the lives, liberty, and property of the people, all other government institutions should be phased out or removed altogether, including the standing army that we have become used to nowadays. Nothing is more of a threat to peace than a standing army.

In such a society persons like ourselves would not be discriminated against because people would recognize the value that we have to offer to to others better. People would not care what kind of clothes you wear or how you act (as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others) because they know that they do not have the right to use force to deny any of your rights because they never had the right to use force in the first place.

[Guest Amy937]

Libertarian for sure. I never cared for politics before, but in the last 3 or 4 years I've educated myself about many things that are wrong with our system. I could not, with a clear conscience, vote for someone from either of the two mainstream parties anymore. Well... maybe Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is one of the only congressmen who is truly in defense liberty.

[Guest ocsurfer999]

I usually vote for Democrats but there are exceptions when I vote for Republicans. I was 75/25 Obama (Hillary was my first choice) until McCain picked that dingbat Palin. I do not trust Palin any further than I can throw her. If McCain picked Liberman as his VP, I think it would of been a close election and he might have won. There was the outside chance I might have voted for McCain if he had picked Liberman.

[Guest ChalenAustin]

I'm one of those homeschooled kids whoes enitre education was left up to the parent in charge of the education.

Can you please explain to me the differences between the different political stands/platforms and help me understand what some of this discussion is about? This stuff wasn't high on our homeschooling checklist obviously.

[Guest childofwinter]

Personally, I don't relate to any political party. I suppose on the main issues, I'm pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, anti-death penalty, pro-gay marriage (and straight civil unions), pro-marijuana legalisation, pro-nationalisation, pro-immigration, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-sexist, pro-feminist, pro-nationalised healthcare, anti-war and pro-separation of church and state. I believe that religion is a private affair and should be kept out of schools (I believe that there are certain things that should be kept away from children - religion, violence, war, bodily mutilation, sex, alcohol and drugs). I believe that women should have equal wages with men. I believe that TG/TS rights should be improved, that stem cell research should be encouraged, that we should cut defence budgets greatly and use the savings to give better educations to children and better health services to the population. I believe that no country should attack another unless they were attacked themselves, that all nuclear weapons should be destroyed. I believe that private citizens with no violent criminal records should be allowed to carry a handgun for their safety. I believe that politicians wages should be equal to the average wage. I believe that the monarchy should be abolished.