The Corruption Of Political Parties In The United States
US politics, to put it simply, kind of suck when it comes to party choice. There are two major, somewhat sane parties, and then Stein and Johnson acting like morons. Now compare that to Germany, where there are six major parties, from the alt right party AFD to the communist party Die Lunge, or England where one region shares no parties with the mainland. There, political party choice ebbs and flows every election or so, so one year a party has no seats and then is the third largest. However, if I were to pick a party here, it would easily be the Democratic Party, because of their social and economic views.
For the most boring example, take taxes. Republicans believe in a flat income tax, or abolishing the government’s power to do that,
whereas Democrat’s believe in a progressive tax system where different amounts of income get taxed at progressively larger rates. Or abortion, where its as simple as supporting or not supporting the right to do it. Other examples that would stop me from voting for even a moderate like Gov. Baker unless in extreme circumstances include healthcare, where the GOP supports cutting federal programs and allowing the private sector to decide, and the most radical seventeen senatorial democrats attempted to abolish the private market, or election reform, where democrats support outlawing gerrymandering and the electoral college and potentially switching to ranked choice vote, whereas Republicans would like to conserve the system we have now.
That isn’t to say I completely disagree with the GOP: I support the Afghan War and am a little wary of gun control. But in 99% of the time, I would vote for a Democrat. I wouldn’t even vote for any democrat: Rep. Gabbard (HI-2) is too friendly to Assad and Sen. Manchin (WV) makes Sen, Kaine (VA) look like an anarchist. But I’d generally vote straight ticket Democrat, and that isn’t a bad thing: they align more with values like Liberalism and Globalism, and I just believe in them more than Conservativism and Nationalism.
For the most boring example, take taxes. Republicans believe in a flat income tax, or abolishing the government’s power to do that,
whereas Democrat’s believe in a progressive tax system where different amounts of income get taxed at progressively larger rates. Or abortion, where its as simple as supporting or not supporting the right to do it. Other examples that would stop me from voting for even a moderate like Gov. Baker unless in extreme circumstances include healthcare, where the GOP supports cutting federal programs and allowing the private sector to decide, and the most radical seventeen senatorial democrats attempted to abolish the private market, or election reform, where democrats support outlawing gerrymandering and the electoral college and potentially switching to ranked choice vote, whereas Republicans would like to conserve the system we have now.
That isn’t to say I completely disagree with the GOP: I support the Afghan War and am a little wary of gun control. But in 99% of the time, I would vote for a Democrat. I wouldn’t even vote for any democrat: Rep. Gabbard (HI-2) is too friendly to Assad and Sen. Manchin (WV) makes Sen, Kaine (VA) look like an anarchist. But I’d generally vote straight ticket Democrat, and that isn’t a bad thing: they align more with values like Liberalism and Globalism, and I just believe in them more than Conservativism and Nationalism.