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alpha phi · 02-02-2006, 08:45 PM

It benifits the parties and keeps both of them in power,
also keeping the other parties out of power.
The people get to choose "our guy R" or "our guy D"

The heavy partisanship also keeps people voting against their own self interest.
So many voters vote one party straight ticket ballots.
Sometimes based on the overall party platform
often because my grandparents were X, my parents were X, so I am X.

There was a party affiliation quiz floating around here recently
It was quite telling of the partys that best represented each person
I played around with it for a while, putting in various politicians actions
The dems I entered came out with dem on top
same with repubs.
Yet most people who took the poll had green or libertarian on top.

02-02-2006, 08:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
alpha phi seeker Location: home	It benifits the parties and keeps both of them in power, also keeping the other parties out of power. The people get to choose "our guy R" or "our guy D" The heavy partisanship also keeps people voting against their own self interest. So many voters vote one party straight ticket ballots. Sometimes based on the overall party platform often because my grandparents were X, my parents were X, so I am X. There was a party affiliation quiz floating around here recently It was quite telling of the partys that best represented each person I played around with it for a while, putting in various politicians actions The dems I entered came out with dem on top same with repubs. Yet most people who took the poll had green or libertarian on top. __________________ All ideas in this communication are sole property of the voices in my head. (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 "The Voices" (TM). All rights reserved.