Comments on: 2017: 4,199 Escambia Voters Change Parties

By: Nod

Nod — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:39:56 +0000

Open primaries are just wrong and can be misused greatly. Crossover voting to get the other parties weakest candidate in the general election so their guy can win. It does happen. Why don’t you just form the independent party and problem solved. Or you could register.

By: Nod

Nod — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:35:14 +0000

May as well let everony from every country vote in our elections because they have a dog in the fight too.

By: Time for change

Time for change — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:55:29 +0000

@Nod,
All voters obviously have a “dog in the fight” as so eloquently put it, Independent voters are just not sheep blindly following a particular party. Twenty-three states currently have open primaries allowing Independent voters to vote for a single candidate of any party during the Primary election.

By: Ponderosa hill

Ponderosa hill — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 23:20:30 +0000

@david huie Green
What you’re missing is the two big Parties are already offering candidates
who are fools and prolly crooked too. If the money ( except for massive donors)
gets shut-off then they’ll maybe come around to “We The People”. I’m thinking
the great majority of INDEPENDENTS are conservative Americans who are sick
and tired of what we’ve seen since Reagan. Maybe someday in the far distant
future even some Liberals might break with their incessant desire to impose their
will on those that are pulling the wagon.

Ponderosa for ‘We The People”

By: Nod

Nod — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:33:08 +0000

@time for change, which primary would you vote in? Dem or repubs. Or should you be allowed to vote in both. If you do not have a dog in the fight them stay out. Primarys are for members of that party to pick their candidate, not for nonparty members to interfere

By: Time for change

Time for change — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:24:46 +0000

Now we just need the law changed allowing Independent voters the right to vote in the Primary Elections. As of now, Independent Voters can only vote in General Elections so the power of “we the people” is still limited here in Florida.

By: EPenn

EPenn — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:43:20 +0000

Now the NPA voters need to not cave in to the country club two party system and we can get our country back.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 18:22:06 +0000

The problem with NPA is you can’t vote in a primary and closed primaries are good. It does show that people may be wanting to decide for themselves. Trump won because he was basically not entrenched in the two party system. Keep thinking people.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 18:07:03 +0000

REGARDING:
“When the Independents (NPA) are bout 80% of registered voters we’ll have sent a big message to all phases of Government.”

The problem is that the nominations will still come from the parties with the associated risk that the parties may someday — in some imaginary, far distant future — offer candidates who are fools, crooked and/or with interests at odds to the good of the people in general and the people will have to choose from among poor choices.

William, if possible, it would be interesting to know what they switched FROM.

David for good choices

By: Ponderosa hill

Ponderosa hill — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:27:30 +0000

The trend is looking good for “We The People”. When the Independents (NPA)
are bout 80% of registered voters we’ll have sent a big message to all phases
of Government.