I am considering changing my party affiliation to R before 2026 primaries (in a closed primary state). Just to fuck with all the Congress and down ballot races..
Talk me out of it?
@Vanitas why do you have to have a party affiliation when you vote? i thought how you vote is supposed to be secret, no?
@singlemaltgirl @Vanitas it’s just for primaries, where — think of it as a poll of how popular any of the candidates within a certain party are, and therefore who gets declared as ‘their’ candidate
@singlemaltgirl @Kinniska @Vanitas In Tennessee you must pick a party when voting in the primaries and it's on the sign up sheet. Republicans got mad at their Republican only primaries one year because some D's voted...one was me and I'll do it again. Judges were on that ballot.
@Ruthat @singlemaltgirl @Vanitas hahahaha that’s hilarious.
I’m not registered with either party in my commonwealth, (used to be called ‘Independent’ until Perot coöpted that name) so we get to choose or switch an affiliation on the primary day; you can only choose ONE ballot for the day, but it means that yes, a D or a U (me, unregistered) can vote on an R primary if we want to