What political party am I ?

Question

I am for the Afghan war, but against the Iraq War
I am a hawk when we are provoked, but a dove otherwise
I am against high taxation, but I was also against the recent tax cuts
I am pro choice, but would not support my wife having an abortion
I am against affirmative action but would support assistance based upon economic means
I am for tightening up immigration laws
I think national debt is one of our biggest problems we face and am for a balanced budget amendment
I sympathize with hunters, but am against hand guns and assault weapons.
I think our recent trade agreements are garbage, but I am not an isolationist
I think we should dump the electoral college
I think we should make lobbying illegal
I am for the death penalty

I am not an independent (in my state being an independent just means i cant vote in the primary)

What party am I affiliated with?

Answer 1

You are a moderate Dem. Your ideas are very similar to those of Sen. Webb and congressman Murtha. The candidate who mostly adheres to these ideas is John Edwards. I agree with every single point you made and I usually vote Dem.

How do you feel about Bushco? If you disagree with his policies, vote Dem.

Answer 2

Well, this is a fun exercise...really.

Of the three parties, republican, libertarian and democrat, I would say you are a democrat. I base this on the following things you do believe in.

For the Afghan war, but against the Iraq War. Could be libertarian but this is more of a characteristic of democrats as libertarians wouldn't support either.

Hawk when provoked, dove otherwise. I think the key word here is "provoked". Based on the first one I will go with democrate here.

Against high taxes but against recent tax cuts. This is strait out of the democrat book of answers. We already have high taxes and if you are against them you have to be for tax cuts as there is no other way to be against high taxes...they don't just go away you know.

Against affirmative action but would support assistance...You can stop there if by assistance you mean assistance from the government. No true conservative or real republican would ever agree that the government should provide assistance to anyone in business.

Sympathize with hunters but against guns and assault weapons. This one is pretty couched but anyone against a citizens right to bear arms has to have socialistic and democrat leanings.

Dump the electoral college. Ha, gotcha here. Democrats want nothing more than to make every election a matter of buying votes through handouts to the poor and special treatment for lobbyist. The founding fathers were wise in this regard. The democrats succeeded in getting the appointment of the Senate into the popular vote thus making States unrepresented in congress.

Of course, you could say that you are a moderate democrat or a moderate republican. But, if you compare your positions against true conservative and liberal core beliefs, you are a liberal and will vote democrat more than republican or indipendent.

None of my observations are intended to condemnatory to you...just observations.

How did I do?

Answer 3

Welcome!

There are a growing number of us. We vote a SPLIT PARTY ticket. We choose based more on the individual issues than just accepting a party line ... we don't just take whatever either party is dishing out voting straight-line Republican or Democrat (or even Independent). We think for ourselves ... and of others!

Most of our ideology is moderate for both Democrats and Republicans (although it doesn't have to be). "Split Ticket" (or "Swing Voters") is the fastest growing party.

We respect each other's differences and opinions and work to get along regardless. Dialogue and Communication are important here with the Split Party Ticket.

Answer 4

You are right in the middle. Try picking the candidate you want for president before the primary. Then affiliate yourself with them for the purpose of the vote. Then go back to being a common sense individual that believes in what they want, instead of what someone tells them to believe.

Answer 5

You would do well as a Libertarian.

Look into Ron Paul for president 2008. He is technically with the Republican party, but he ran for president in 1996 as a Libertarian. He's still a Libertarian at heart.

http://www.ronpaul.org

Essentially, Libertarians are socially liberal but fiscally conservative.

The term libertarianism usually refers to a political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, as long as they allow others the same liberty.

There are broadly two types of libertarians: consequentialists and rights theorists.[1] Rights theorists hold that it is morally imperative that all human interaction, including government interaction with private individuals, should be voluntary and consensual. They maintain that the initiation of force by any person or government, against another person or their property — with "force" meaning the use of physical force, the threat of it, or the commission of fraud against someone — who has not initiated physical force, threat, or fraud, is a violation of that principle. This form of libertarianism is associated with Objectivists, as well as with individualist anarchists who see this prohibition as requiring opposition to the state to be consistent.

Consequentialist libertarians do not have a moral prohibition against "initiation of force," but believe that allowing a very large scope of political and economic liberty results in the maximum well-being or efficiency for a society - even if protecting this liberty involves some initiation of force by government. It just so happens that such governmental actions are limited in the free society they envision. This type of libertarianism is associated with Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich Hayek.

Libertarians generally do not oppose force used in response to initiatory aggressions such as violence, fraud or trespassing. Libertarians favor an ethic of self-responsibility and strongly oppose the welfare state, because they believe forcing someone to provide aid to others is ethically wrong, ultimately counter-productive, or both. Libertarians also strongly oppose conscription.

Some writers who have been called libertarians have also been referred to as classical liberals, by others or themselves. Also, some use the phrase "the freedom philosophy" to refer to libertarianism, classical liberalism, or both.

Answer 6

You are in the Mark Party, it really does not matter you take from both sides. Skip the primary it is a wasted vote. My state is the same way, If you must vote in it, find one or more people in a party you really like and vote for them and be done.

Answer 7

You're A Democrat. Nice spin.

Answer 8

Face it. Your an independent. You then have a choice of going to either side if you want to vote in a primary. But regardless of which one you go to, you can't go to both, so what difference does it make?

Answer 9

Whatever party it is, here are the principles of our country (from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution) that you are at odds with:

- The right to life,
- providing for the common defense,
- equal protection,
- the right to keep and bear arms,
- the right of the executive to negotiate treaties,
- the balance of powers among the populist house of representatives, the state representation in the Senate, and the Executive Branch.
- the right to free speech and petitioning your government for redress.

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I wear the lib thumbs down as a badge of honor. It proves that a lib among us, who does not have the guts to admit as much in their answer to this question, does not like these principles of our country, as reflected in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
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Answer 10

Democrat, hands down.