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Re: Exhaustion 2012
I don't know if you're the anon that responded to me(wait, no, you totally responded to me--sorry, I thought you responded to someone else up thread) but you definitely sound a ton like me. A lot of people assume that since I'm not an gay-bashing, Obama-hating racist hick that they can bash Christians, Republicans and Texans around me...not realizing I'm a Christian Republican (registered, anyway) who grew up in Texas.Although like you I almost registered as a different party this year--Libertarian, for me. The only reason I decided not to is because I feel like I tend to be slightly less extreme than the typical Libertarian on certain issues and I don't think I know enough about the party to really call myself a part of it. And like you I disagree with the Democrats too much to register as one of them, either. I'm debating a lot about whether I should stay a Republican to be able to vote in the primaries (which I honestly skipped this year anyway--I regret that now), switch to being a Libertarian after researching the party more, switch to being an Independent so I can wash my hands of the whole mess, or switch to Democrat and hope I can find Democratic politicians that share more of my beliefs...I feel like I'm going to be kind of screwed no matter what I pick. I do know I'm going to continue voting--in fact, I want to start paying more attention to local politics, which I've been bad about--but I really don't enjoy politics, so I'm not really looking forward to it. I just feel like if I can memorize fandom trivia I should probably put some of that energy into researching politics in my area. ...But I'm not looking forward to it.
Sigh. Politics.
Re: Exhaustion 2012
(Anonymous) 2012-11-06 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)It's because of the primaries that I won't change my registration. I never skip them but the last two times my preferred candidate didn't win enough votes to get the necessary backing. I'm still trying to figure out how Romney did.
Good luck with your future political research! I started down that road once and it consumed me. I'm just not strong enough to cope with it all. It was like there was poison inside of me and I felt so worried and angry and hopeless all the time. I think I got involved too deeply, to be honest. I try to stay informed without getting consumed now.