# What form of politics do you back?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708 "2013-12-19T10:36:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708/1 "2013-12-19T10:36:46Z")

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What political party do you back?

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708/2 "2013-12-19T10:44:56Z")

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Officially, I am registered as “independent”.

Come election day, I usually consider the Republican candidate to be the lesser evil.

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**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:** [December 19, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708/3 "2013-12-19T11:21:01Z")

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I’ve been a member of the Australian Labor Party for 37 years. (And sometimes it’s been hard to remain true to the cause.)

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**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:** [December 19, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708/4 "2013-12-19T11:27:53Z")

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I asked [a similar question nearly 3 years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=602371), and offered more options than the [U.S. political parties](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16942812&postcount=2).

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708/5 "2013-12-19T11:38:18Z")

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No political party. I think the operation of party politics is what causes many of the ills in modern society. Every political party, in my experience, is only concerned with retaining power. I have yet to see one that appears to be governing or acting in opposition to make the country a better place.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-of-politics-do-you-back/676708/6 "2013-12-19T12:23:38Z")

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MODERATOR COMMENT:  
**Gateway** as OP wanted this to be a poll. I don’t seem to be able to edit a poll into it once it’s started, so I’m closing this thread and either (a) **Gateway** will start a new thread as a poll; or (b) some more capable IMHO moderator will be along and fix this one.