One aspect of the whole DEM vs GOP, Far Left vs Far Right, etc., that has not been mentioned is the significant rise in Independent voters. I'm not talking about the fringe independents like the Greens and Libertarians and such, I mean fully Independent voters who are increasingly opting out of and party affiliations. As the younger voters come on to the voter rolls, they have been eschewing all political parties and even some of the older voters, like myself, who have become fed up with the inane "our way or the highway" mindset of the current political climate. In California, voters registering as Independent are now the second largest group, behind the DEMs and ahead of the GOP; in fact, both of the traditionally "main" parties in CA have been hemorrhaging voter roll "members" with the GOP losing voters at a rate twice that of the DEMs, and, at the present pace, in the very near future, Independents stand to become the largest registered voter group in CA. Perhaps the Independents have absorbed a great deal of the disaffected former 'liberal GOP' and 'conservative DEMs' looking for a more sensible, 'middle-of-the-road' approach where candidates and issues are evaluated for their merits and not their adherence to petty party dogma. Imagine that: politics for people who can think for themselves and make up their own minds free of outside expectations. You know, it even sounds like, oh, I don't know...like maybe...
...freedom?...
"Our way or the highway"? Guess we'll take the freeway and leave the rest in the dust...
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