Is there a place were Americans can find out how succesful the independent parties are?
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True that. We're overdue for an Independent Party, or a Reform Party, or the Constitution Party. The DNC/GOP play us off on each other, or vainly try to, in hopes of duping us into 'voting' for more money for them and their ambitions. No accountability, and they've more or less worked together long enough to basically short out checks and balances. Right now, with the GOP in majority, they basically run things, so any griping should be more directed at the republicans, but save some for the dems too, wouldn't want em to feel left out! LOLOL\n\nI think the merit of the Independent Party concept is the idea of harkening back to the concept of independence, which sort of flies in the face of 'globalization', but we've seen how committed the politicians are to the public in the face of suitcases full of money. Iraq's a good example of that, mega-dollars for special interests in supporting the 'war effort', with zero public accountability. And, that's not all...these guys have a racket, and the only way to bust it up is to have an election, and impeachment hearings. That's where the voters come in, because at the end of the day, the worst corruption has been the collective ignorance and apathy of 'We, The People'. If you don't vote, don't read the issues, there's no way to have ANY clue about what might even be going on, or who's robbing the till the worst this week. Public accountability only comes when enough people decide to stand up together and say 'enough'. I'd say that the introduction of a new party, like the Independents, would do exactly that. FIRST, we fix america. THEN, help others.
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I can only name one that I'm aware of, Diebold.  They're based in Ohio I believe and have been in the news quite a bit.  There has been speculation about their machines in the 2004 election and the proper counting of votes.  Should be lots of articles out there on it.
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There is a Libertarian and Constitutionalist party but they get little support.\n\nAmericans just don't care for  the constitution anymore to support such parties. They'd rather vote in crooks from the democrat or republican parties instead.
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Check your local paper or political parties
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I don't believe that "Independent" is a party, at least in the Democrat/Republican sense.  Independent voters, while united, can and should vote any way they feel is the best.\n\nA Independent politician running for office doesn't necessarily have the support of Independent voters; it just means they are not affiliated with a certain political party.
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The Independent Party takes more of a centrist view - sort of middle ground between the left (Democrats) and right (Republicans)  They are more of a consensus builder than a hard party line group (that is why Republicans and Democrats hate them)   They tend to vote more on the issues rather than down party lines  What many people do not know is that their values are pretty damn good ---- strong on defense and terrorism  (Republican issues/positions)--- fiscal conservatives (will not give tax breaks to republican rich but will also not give away money to every social program there is  (True centrist issue and position)- believe in a balanced budget ----strong on education and environment (Democratic issues/position)\n\nYou want to learn more of centrist views - seek out speeches and writings of the MN Governor-Wrestler Jessee Ventura\n\nI believe and hope that the new 3rd party that will ultimately emerge is the Centrist or Independent Party --- we certainly need one to bring the Republicans and Democrats together to get something worthwhile done
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I beleive that their has been a long time merger of the two parties here in the good ol USA for a long time but no one ever wants to talk about that>>>> I beleive in the American \ndream but I am enough of a realist to know that we are not \nliving it, what we need is better representation of common working people in government and the politicians that we have now are not providing that. Vote Independant or any other party that you can find would be my suggestion.
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Sure the democrats are smarter than the republicans, but I would like to suggest anyone be an independent thinker instead of a party member. Each party has its pros and cons.
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I realize facts aren't what you're looking for, but here ya go...according to "Party Politics in America" (M. Hershey, P. Beck; Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, 2003), "People with lower incomes and less education are more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans." (p. 129)
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http://www3.capwiz.com/y/dbq/officials/\n\nit's a yahoo site, with a searchable database on all elected state/federal and i think some town/city/local government stuff as well. You can look up specific bills and see who voted how, or what a particular person has voted for and how they voted. So far, it's always been accurate what I've seen.
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Yes, http://www.partylinedc.com/ \nAlso, if you want more information about partyline, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partyline\n\nI hope this helps.\n\nlutond.
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Ask an American, Im SURE they will know
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any republican site will give you theirs,dummycrats don't have any just wind and hot air\n\nthe next idea a demo has will be the first
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Please go to school and get educated in American History, World History and Social Science. You make many unfounded clams and baseless statements. You are allowed to feel towards us Americans (democrates or not) how you want but we Americans in general are united (hence United States) no mattter what party we are. Read all your different threads you started here mate and see for yourself.
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This site seems to be fair, critisizing both the local (Democrat) & federal (Republican) government.  It also helps dispell some myths.
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Please visit the following yahoo answer site, which gives you the view of the insiders in the States.
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The only way I see americans voting someone other than the two leading parties is if a third party were to break away from one of the major parties. It's happened before. The Republican party was started from the Whig party. I could see \nAmericans voting for a third party who had a platform of ridding the government of rampant corruption and getting us out of Iraq.