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« on: April 09, 2011, 03:21:46 PM »
I am a registered Democrat in PA, but I voted for Toomey in '10 and I voted for Glenn Thompson in both '08 and '10.

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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2011, 03:26:19 PM »
Yes, though with the exception of voting for John McCain in the 2008 Virginia GOP presidential primary, I have voted almost exclusively for Democrats since 2004.  
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2011, 03:27:01 PM »
Quote from: Frodo on April 09, 2011, 03:26:19 PM
Yes, though with the exception of voting for John McCain in the 2008 Virginia GOP presidential primary, I have voted almost exclusively for Democrats since 2004. 

I voted for Obama in 08, though I regret that decision :/
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2011, 04:47:35 PM »
I've voted for several non-independents in my time.
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2011, 01:52:21 AM »
I'm not a member of a party, and I've voted all over the place in my 10 years of voting.
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2011, 01:08:25 PM »
I voted for George W. Bush in 2000 that was the only time I didn't go with a constitutionalist or independent.
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2011, 09:29:01 PM »
No.
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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2011, 10:27:12 PM »
Nope. All Democrats 2002-2010.
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2011, 12:33:06 AM »
I'm a registered Republican and I haven't voted for any of them in some time. With the closed primaries in NY it's a good idea to register to a party so you can participate. In my area  a lot of races on the local level are decided in the Republican primaries.
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2011, 01:22:45 AM »
« Edited: April 12, 2011, 01:25:30 AM by Emperor PiT »
     I voted Republican for every non-statewide election I could in 2010. Three of those had good reasons; one was just because I could.
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2011, 02:03:10 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2011, 02:58:03 AM »
Voted Green once or twice. Otherwise, no.
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2011, 05:12:12 AM »
Yes, I'm a member of the Centre Party, but I voted for the Greens in the EU parliamentary election in '09 (and would probably do so again)
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2011, 07:47:14 AM »
Since I'm a party member (1998), no.
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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2011, 02:33:26 PM »
Yes.
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« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2011, 03:57:08 PM »
I suppose I more closely identify with the Democratic Party, but yes I've voted Republicans before (in local races, mostly), Libertarians (downballot office protest vote) and a Green Party candidate (Malik Rahim, LA-2, 2008).
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« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2011, 04:37:28 PM »
I've voted in a total of 7 elections and in these 7 elections I've voted for a total of 5 parties. Or possibly 4, can't remember for certain. Come to think of it, it's actually 5-6 parties in 8 elections. So I can't really say that I have a party. Tongue

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« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2011, 05:23:10 PM »
I don't vote Republican so in cases where I would like to vote third party as a protest vote, I am prohibited from doing so due to the top 2 primary Washington uses. Before this awful system was adopted, I considered voting Green against Maria Cantwell, but I caved in and voted for her anyway.

To summarize: No. Tongue
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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2011, 05:27:10 PM »
Yes, since my party runs very few candidates.


Quote from: Gustaf on April 12, 2011, 04:37:28 PM
I've voted in a total of 7 elections and in these 7 elections I've voted for a total of 5 parties. Or possibly 4, can't remember for certain. Come to think of it, it's actually 5-6 parties in 8 elections. So I can't really say that I have a party. Tongue

You have me either topped or tied, though it took you a lot fewer elections. I lost track of how many elections I have voted in but I have voted for 5 different parties (not counting independents) in my life.
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« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2011, 05:56:53 PM »
Yes. Since the Conservatives became 'my party', I voted SNP in 2007.
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« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2011, 05:57:51 PM »
I didn't want a State Rep who obsesses over animals rather than fixing the state so I voted against Annie Hornish in 2010 after I'd voted for her in 2008. That's the only time I've voted Republican. I have voted for Working Families (usually the same candidate as the Democrats) and Green party candidates when the occasion comes but I typically vote for Democrats, even when they deeply disappoint me. Other than protest voting there is typically never a good reason to vote for another party.
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« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2011, 05:59:18 PM »
I can't vote, so no.

If I could, I definitely would have voted outside of my party in the Republican primaries here for the more moderate old guard GOP candidates against the teabaggers.
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« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2011, 10:56:04 PM »
Quote from: Napoleon on April 12, 2011, 05:57:51 PM
I didn't want a State Rep who obsesses over animals rather than fixing the state so I voted against Annie Hornish in 2010 after I'd voted for her in 2008. That's the only time I've voted Republican. I have voted for Working Families (usually the same candidate as the Democrats) and Green party candidates when the occasion comes but I typically vote for Democrats, even when they deeply disappoint me. Other than protest voting there is typically never a good reason to vote for another party.

That's a pretty terrible reason to vote Republican.
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« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2011, 11:34:51 PM »
She was a pretty terrible reason to vote Democratic. What's wrong with wanting a State Rep in tune with the llocal community rather than PETA?
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« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2011, 11:38:17 PM »
She was a pretty terrible reason to vote Democratic. What's wrong with wanting a State Rep in tune with the llocal community rather than PETA?
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