Have you ever changed your political party and why..how long ago did you do this?

Question

Please give lucid detils.

Answer 1

I changed my political party in the early 90s. I was a hard core republican and right out of school I honestly believed the republican line that in this country the harder you work the more you will succeed. I was convinced that the current system was set up to protect hard workers and punish the lazy. I thought I knew why eveyrone was homeless and went bankrupt and got laid off, that it was THEIR FAULT.

Then I had worked for a company for 3 years, got glowing reviews and then was informed that every single person with my job description was going to be laid off (a week before christmas) and we were getting no severence and there is nothing we could do about it.

Then I did some reasearch about employment law, environmental law, and tax law, and other laws regarding businesses and the little guy. I realized that in a fight between the rich and powerful elites and big business against regular people, Republicans always came out against the little guy, which is me.

So I voted for Clinton on his second term, and things went INCREDIBLY WELL for working people, not just our paychecks, but our rights and protections also. Then I saw bush get elected and all those rights slip away one by one. First with overtime rules, then with litigation reform (corporate lawsuit immunity) and finally with the tax cuts and the unfair bankruptcy bill, which dumped massive amounts of risk on regular middle-class people.

Republicans seemed to be on the wrong side of every issue I cared about that affected my family and our finances. (I didn't care too much about "social" issues when I made my switch). I honestly can't understand how a middle-class working person could possibly support republicans and find electing them to be in their best interests.

Answer 2

I dumped the Democrats when I grew up. I was an ardent liberal and believed in the evil rich destroying the working poor. But as I matured, I began to realize that protecting people often makes them weak, and that government is a highly inefficient form to do just about anything (except collect taxes). I lean toward the Repubs now, though there is much wrong there as well (the religious right need to die in a fire).

Answer 3

When I was 18, I registered Democrat, because at the time I thought it was the Southern thing to do.

When I turned 25, I changed parties to Republican, because I realized they had more in common with my values than the Democrats did.

I'm 34 now, and don't regret changing.

Answer 4

Does it count if I never claimed a party until I became a poll worker? I voted mostly for Republicans before, but never officially claimed party membership.

Answer 5

I became an Independent because it seems like they at least periodically try to shed the influence of deep-pockets special interests...DNC vs. GOP has become hyper-extenuated pay-per-view BS.

Answer 6

No I'm still independent