What is your political affiliation?

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As a typical American I created this post without the slightest hint of regard for the fact that there is more to the world (and the internet) than my country. For the ethnocentric faux pas, I apologize.

Independent. I think that the best thing to do when choosing who to vote for is to look at ALL of the available candidates, including the third party candidates and independent candidates. Just because a candidate is from a party that supposedly represents your views doesn't mean he does or will when he's in office. It is best to evaluate all of the candidates as individuals and to choose either the best one or the lesser evil out of all of them. No one party completely represents my views, anyway. I think for myself.

Im technically a Jeffersonian Democratic Republican Libertarian and Im also a Strict Constitutionalist i believe the government is only allowed to do what the Constitution says it can meaning the government has way overstepped its boundaries a LONG time ago while we lose more freedoms every year even though we are granted natural rights that aren't allowed to be taken away our freedoms include us being able to do whatever we want as long as we don't infringe on anyone else's rights thats where the line is supposed to be drawn "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson Co-Founder of America, 3rd US President, my political hero, and posthumously diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.

I registered as an Independent this year, just like my parents. I don't like the way either Democrats or Republicans are handling things in office. Both parties have special interest groups that pay for their election campaign, and they make sure the rich people/corporations who put them into power are taken care of. It's disgusting; just look at the tax extensions signed today. The rich get low tax rates when he have a huge deficit, and Social Security is most likely going to get its spending slashed because of it. The best thing in the long run would have been to just let the Bush cuts expire and go to the Clinton tax rates, but it would be 'the biggest tax increase in history' and political suicide. So in 50 years when I'll be 68 I won't be able to get Social Security until I'm 70-something, assuming Congress will try and raise the age more than once in five decades to save money, and it will probably be peanuts compared to today's money. *takes prognostication hat off*

The Green Party needs to get into power. They don't have the special interest connections, and they can't be any worse than the people in there now.

Politics in the mainstream are kind of complicated and I don't often attend to them. I have yet to vote becuase I cannot make up my mind and then there is all the ethics. I think I would be a swing voter but I got to remember to pay attention enough to vote and find a way to make up my mind.

Libertarian, with some anarcho-capitalist leanings.

I would be a member of the national Libertarian party, but IIRC, they want my money to do so.

In elections I support/vote for those whose views I support the most. I've voted for Democrats and i've voted for Republicans.

Its a shame third parties don't really matter in presidential elections, though. I supported Bob Barr all throughout his 2008 campaign, but on Election Day, I just couldn't bring myself to vote for him, because he unfortunately had no chance.

I am socially liberal and personally and fiscally conservative with an anarchist streak. I usually but not always vote Democratic.

Libertarian

I would say that my political views lean more to the left, but specifically, I'm not sure. I voted Liberal Democrat (I'm reffering to british politics, sorry) thinking that they would actually attempt to deliver what they promised and I agreed with their policies and ideology (and eventually expecting them to collaborate with Labour). Then they collaborated with the Conservative party, which confused me. Liberals + Covervatives = s**t hitting the fan. And of course, the s**t did hit the fan...

I usually try to see what political party has to offer before I side with them, but if you had to give me a label, you could call me a liberal.