Originally Posted by Greger
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They're the only legislators at the Capitol who give a rat's ass about democracy

According to Democrats that's absolutely true.

According to Republicans, it's absolutely false.

According to independents..."Meh, they both suck."
Exactly right on independents. Only 6% of independents have a very favorable view of the Democratic Party, 21% somewhat favorable for a total 27% favorable while 35% of independents have a very unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, 18% somewhat unfavorable for a total 53%.

5% of independents have a very favorable view of the Republican Party, 22% somewhat favorable for a total of 27% favorable. 31% of independents view the GOP very unfavorable, 19% somewhat unfavorable for a total 50% unfavorable.

https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/sp4h6s0adp/econTabReport.pdf

There’s no love there from independents for either party, but that’s why they’re independents. If they liked one or the other party, they’d become a Republican and or a Democrat. When it comes to elections, independents will vote for the party’s candidates they want to lose the least, not win, but to lose the least. This is what our elections and politic have come down to. Voting for the least worse party’s candidates only because you dislike the other party and its candidate a bit more than you dislike the party and its candidates you vote for.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.