Do you support a political party?

I used to study the candidates from both parties and try to decide on the best one even though I was usually a registered Democrat. But when the Republican party dumbed it down from William Buckley to Rush Limbaugh, I became a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. Sarah Palin was the last starw. I don't pay much attention to the Republicans anymore. If, in the future, I don't like the Democratic candidate, I'll probably just not vote.

I take it on a case by case basis. Mostly because there aren't many candidates from my party for state offices or congressional seats. o this election, I supported chuck baldwin for president and for the senate race in my seat, I supported an independant, as sununu voted for t.a.a.r.p. and Shaheen, our former governor is about as nausiating a candidate as one can get. I am a contsitution party member how ever and will support the party in any election I can, they have the platform I believe america needs.

I am not much intersted in polotics and i am not a member of any party.I dont consider party of the candidate at the time of voting.If the candidate is good,i defenitly vote for him.Now there is lot of corruption among polotical leaders.

Parties are essential to the political process Once the party has a candidate, then people make which candidate the person wants to support. Some parties have a conservative and liberal fractions Democrats generally are liberal and big spenders and Republicans are conservative and small government.

I would prefer to pick candidates on case to case basis and not subscribe to any political ideology. This is because I have a composite ideology myself, and that would not be subscribed to by any single political party.But there is something called a practical consideration which forces one to choose a party for purposes of cohesiveness, of opinion and action. To this end I tolerate some aberrations of differences from my own convictions. If it were only possible for people to unite by issues decided by rationality then a set of independents to represent all shades of opinions would be the best choice for a government. But that is easier said than done. Thus in choosing a party against an independent candidate I am making a compromise.

I think we need partys because they provide checks and balances. I have been a registered Democrat and Republican for about a decade each. Now I'm a registered Independent. While I recognize a need for the party system I just can't bring myself to identify with any of the parties any more.

I'm registered with one of the parties but I don't personally know anyone who blindly follows their party these days. I'm registered as a Republican but voted for Obama...and a couple of other Democrats in the state and local races. I vote for the person because it's the person who will be in the office...not the party.