dstebbins
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I don't really claim any political party. I put myself down for democrat because I support some of the issues that democrats support, but I don't consider myself a democrat or any party that I know of. Here's why:
I'm going entirely off speculation, but I believe, and can see, that the reason most politicians lie to the people is because they have to respond to party members first. By "party members," I mean not the people who merely go to the polling places and vote, but by the people who attend party meetings and choose the candidates to run for office. When politicians want to run for reelection, they first have to be renominated. If he's not nominated by his party, he can't get reelected, no matter how popular he was with the people of his district. As such, he's more worried about what party members want out of him than constituents do.
I guess I am choosing this non-party because I am currently studying law, and want to eventually run for city council and make my way up to Congress, and I want to be a politician that answers directly to the people, who finances his campaign, not by party-donations, but by my own personal fortune which I make as a lawyer. When my minority partisanships comes up, I'll just say "Why is it that the people have it in their minds that if they don't vote either republican or democrat, their vote won't win? Democrats and Republicans have brainwashed it into the people's minds that they are the only ones with a slim chance of winning, and it is not right. If enough people were to vote for a third party, he could very well win. If you want someone who will answer to the people and will not put the interests of interest groups ahead of popular interest, I am your man."
For a while, I thought I didn't have a party, but I thought for a minute while posting this. Maybe there is a third party which I belong to. Does anyone know what it is?
I'm going entirely off speculation, but I believe, and can see, that the reason most politicians lie to the people is because they have to respond to party members first. By "party members," I mean not the people who merely go to the polling places and vote, but by the people who attend party meetings and choose the candidates to run for office. When politicians want to run for reelection, they first have to be renominated. If he's not nominated by his party, he can't get reelected, no matter how popular he was with the people of his district. As such, he's more worried about what party members want out of him than constituents do.
I guess I am choosing this non-party because I am currently studying law, and want to eventually run for city council and make my way up to Congress, and I want to be a politician that answers directly to the people, who finances his campaign, not by party-donations, but by my own personal fortune which I make as a lawyer. When my minority partisanships comes up, I'll just say "Why is it that the people have it in their minds that if they don't vote either republican or democrat, their vote won't win? Democrats and Republicans have brainwashed it into the people's minds that they are the only ones with a slim chance of winning, and it is not right. If enough people were to vote for a third party, he could very well win. If you want someone who will answer to the people and will not put the interests of interest groups ahead of popular interest, I am your man."
For a while, I thought I didn't have a party, but I thought for a minute while posting this. Maybe there is a third party which I belong to. Does anyone know what it is?