I don't register for any party. I vote.
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I’m registered Dem, so I can vote in primaries, but I donate to and participate with Democratic Socialists of America.
And I yell “do better and I might!” whenever the DNC asks for money (they can’t hear me, it’s mostly text and junk mail).
You can vote whichever way you want regardless of party. Parties are for people who want to push an agenda.
Unless you live in a state with closed primaries. Then its forced! And you only get to see the party you registered with and independent counts as its own
I live somewhere with open primaries. I've never registered with any party.
Because registering to vote is not a thing here. Unless you mean register a party as in starting one? In which case a soc-dem party already exists in my country and it is hot garbage :p
Better to take over the Democrats tbh. If they wanted to keep their party they shouldn't have gone full Reagan.
In the US at least, the only thing that registering for a political party lets you do is vote in their primaries (in some states. In the rest of the states, it doesn't matter at all).
I'm a member of a socialist party, so nothing.
In the US, you're probably not wrong. That ship has sailed, at least in the near term.
Reason number one for people, in general, is that it either costs more than zero, or requires more than zero effort. Or, people who lean that way, anyway.
Germans have a very nice term for this:
Vorauseilender Gehorsam
It's not a good thing.
That said, just go vote.
Because I don't need to to vote for them. Besides, no party have proven deserving of my membership fee.
Political parties keep us divided and are one of the major issues in this country.
Organizing is the only way to effect change, workers should build their own political party.
Where i live you can only vote in the primary if you're a registered dem or rep