Become Coveted
Posted by Marcus on February 5, 2008
Are you a Republican or a Democrat? If you answered yes, you are getting suckered. I’m not here to suggest we all go vote third party or anything, nor am I telling you one is better. It’s just not my point. Once the general election starts the partisans will forget you. I am serious, and especially right this year. Please hear me out.
The Republicans will count on their rank and file voting for the party line (or at least against the Democrat). The Democrats will be the same. Both will know there is no use convincing many on the other side to change their ideologies. They will both be trying to appeal to the politically independent voter.
If you are independent, like me, you get to enjoy eight months of candidates speaking to convince you. It is always nice to have people pay attention to you.*
How does one become an independent? For me, it is a matter of not settling for mediocre ideas or people. The Democratic platform is not good enough for me, and neither is the Republicans’. You have to pick things issue by issue, and sometimes neither side offers a good stance, so you need to look outside the realm of Red and Blue to find a good solution to a problem. Then come election time everybody loves you, as long as you are in a swing state with lots of electoral votes.
*Some campaigning will be to “get out the vote” within the candidates party. You see this glaringly with Republicans who bring-up many a bogymen to get people out for the election (gay-marriage, war on terror, abortion). But the Democrats are not above it either (gay-marriage, war on terror, abortion).
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