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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Just curious, do most US voters register with a particular party?
Not many people in the UK openly affiliate themselves with a political party (that way we get to moan about all of them  ); but the election coverage we're getting from the US talks about Democrat/Republican registered voters, with Independents as the third option. It sounds as if most voters are identified as belonging to one of the groups. |
Generally most do register with one party. Until recently this was required in order to vote in the primaries. However, some states now permit independent voters to vote in the primary by picking one of the two parties ballots. In CA, this year, the democrats allow independents to vote for the presidential candidate while the republicans do not.
By the way, Harry, democrats in the US are the liberal group and are usually fine with nationalized medicine.
Dale