# Political Affilliation Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129 "2009-09-22T19:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/1 "2009-09-22T19:55:44Z")
With which party’s principles and platforms do you most identify? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/2 "2009-09-22T19:57:52Z")
With only 2 of us voting so far, it’s a neck and neck race between Democrat and Libertarian. How exciting! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/3 "2009-09-22T19:59:14Z")
Yeah, don’t worry. I’ll be down to 2% after just a bit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/4 "2009-09-22T20:04:48Z")
I was hoping for a “Socialist” option. I guess I could’ve voted “Other,” but I didn’t want to be lumped in with those nasty Whigs. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/5 "2009-09-22T20:06:23Z")
What can I say, I’m not American, so those lines don’t even apply. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/6 "2009-09-22T20:08:16Z")
None of the above really, but since I don’t vote Republican and nobody but Democrats are ever likely to win an election against them I’ll go with Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/7 "2009-09-22T20:08:24Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Yeah, don’t worry. I’ll be down to 2% after just a bit. 🙂 I suspect that there are more Libertarians than Republicans on this board. It’ll be interesting to see the outcome of this. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/8 "2009-09-22T20:09:19Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > What can I say, I’m not American, so those lines don’t even apply. Yes – I live in the US, but have difficulty identifying with any party – and I don’t want to put down “Independent”, since I’ve belonged to a political party for more than 30 years. So I voted “Other”. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/9 "2009-09-22T20:11:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I was hoping for a “Socialist” option. I guess I could’ve voted “Other,” but I didn’t want to be lumped in with those nasty Whigs. Doesn’t “Other” mean everything else – communist, socialist, christian democrat, liberal, fascist, etc.? And who is a Whig these days? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/10 "2009-09-22T20:11:59Z")
I might go with one party on national issues and another on state and local, all the while reserving the right to go with whichever candidate has the most intelligence and character. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/11 "2009-09-22T20:20:46Z")
_Other_, since I can’t whole-heartedly go with any of the first four choices. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/12 "2009-09-22T20:21:57Z")
I went with independent because none of the parties ever seem to get it quite right. These days especially, it seems the focus is more on party politics rather than what will help the people. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/13 "2009-09-22T20:25:54Z")
I wonder who’s going to be brave enough to post the first religious poll. Not me. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/14 "2009-09-22T20:29:24Z")
Since Independent is (or at least was) a party around here, I put other. My voting habits include both parties at every level, a liberterian, and some independents. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/15 "2009-09-22T20:40:05Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Doesn’t “Other” mean everything else – communist, socialist, christian democrat, liberal, fascist, etc.? And who is a Whig these days? It was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/16 "2009-09-22T20:53:51Z")
I was disappointed not to see my two favored parties: Free Buss Passes for Multiracial Communities and Fascists Nuke the Whale! ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/17 "2009-09-22T20:58:50Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I wonder who’s going to be brave enough to post the first religious poll. Not me. [Into the valley…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533099) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/18 "2009-09-23T00:00:03Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Fascists Nuke the Whale! Well you gotta nuke something. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/19 "2009-09-23T00:13:44Z")
I’m a firm Republican. And how was the polling function turned on? ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129/20 "2009-09-23T00:33:35Z")
Honestly? The Democrat party? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-affilliation-poll/511129.md?page=2)