(November 26, 2014 at 11:06 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: "Independent" is a word Republicans like to use these days as a method of getting the Bush stink off of them. They still talk, vote and think like Republicans but they just don't have to take any responsibility for what the GOP has done to America and the world.
Independents engage in strategic voting. I vote republican because I don't want to see a democrat in office. I'm sure there are people who vote democrat because they don't want to see a republican in office.
Implement instant run off elections or alternative vote and my voting habits will change significantly.