How many split ticket voters do we have here?

[rgG]

I will be voting a split ticket this year, which is not unusual for me. As far as I can remember, I have never checked the "Vote a Straight Party Ticket" box. Is this the norm for MR Forum members or do most vote a straight party line, for whichever party you like.

Here in Georgia, we do not have to register as a Republican, Democrat or Independent. You can only vote in only one primary, but you can choose to vote in whichever primary you wish. I would definitely be an Independent, if they required us to declare.

[cbelt3]

I have never voted a 'party line', but I tend towards Republican in many areas.

[karsen]

I've never voted strictly along party lines.

[Doc]

I do not ordinarily vote the party line, but I am this year.

It's not party-loyalty or anything like that. There are only 5 jobs on the ballot (and a lot of referenda).

[lafinfil]

Never voted a straight ticket in my life that I can recall and have been registered (or declared)
for both parties at one time or another.

The breakdown is that the city is run by the Dems, the county by the Repubs and the state
is strongly Repub but there are plenty of races that can go either way (as far as State Reps)

In the primaries you declare at the polls which ballot you want - so I have to decide
based on which races I am most interested in.

Funny story - I have a friend that serves on the county council and she is up for reelection
and is a Repub like most of the county government. She always asks to put a sign in my yard
because I am on a main road with lots of exposure - I always let her because I do support her.

She called a few week ago to see if she could put a sign in my yard and I told her that I didn't care,
as long as she didn't mind my Obama sign (I didn't really have one - just was kidding her)

She said that she didn't have a problem with it.

: -)

[AlphaDog]

Registered Independent, and the first time I ever had to declare a party was in the last primary. I'm sure I've never voted a straight ticket in my life, although, in this election, it's very close to a straight Dem. Campaigning between some Republicans and Democrats around here has become almost as nasty as the O'Biden-McPalin campaign. I'm sick of all of it and want it over with!

[mstudio]

I don't think I've ever voted a straight ticket, either. We're voting for lots of locals this time and most are unopposed but happen to be part of a party that I'm not voting for on the Fed level. I know most of them and believe they are doing a fine job so they'll get my vote even though they probably don't need it.

[the_poochies]

My job is to register voters and certify election results in my municipality, and I've gotten a few calls this week from anxious voters who are registered Dems or Repubs who fear that they can't vote for the other party's candidates next Tuesday.

I calm them down and tell them that party affiliation is only relevant in the primary elections, and they are allowed to change their party affiliation 50 days before the primary election in my state by completing a simple form I have in my office and placed on my web site as a PDF.

[Pam]

When John Warner was running for re-election, I split my vote. Beyond that, I can't think of a case. But we get these nut jobs running for the house (state or congress) on the Republican ticket that are just so far out there that I can't vote for them. By out there I mean straight up against all forms of abortion, don't even believe gays and lesbians should exist, and/or have no original thought and just blindly follow and recite the latest republican mantra. It sucks.

[Gutenberg]

Pam, it's the opposite problem for me--Democrats who chant the latest "progressive" mantra, or entrenched pols who are just too slimy to vote for. If there were such a thing I would be a member of the Pragmatist Party.