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In the area where I live you either register and vote Republican or you don't get to vote in most elections. The only time that the Democratic Party has a legitimate candidate is at the state level and often they don't present a viable candidate at all. Because of this most of our elections are settled in the party primary. We do have a Democrat for a governor right now but there are few other Democrats in important positions. That said, I don't think anyone should ever consider party when voting in an election at the local level. I do my best to vote for the candidate and not the party. Here it is easy to do that because there might be seven Republican candidates in the primary. Who evere wins the primary usually doesn't even campaign for the regular election. The idea of registering as an independent or as a Liberterian in this area would basically be giving up your fight to vote.
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