Democrat nationally, third party locally?

[geek tragedy]

How many DU'ers fit this bill? Nationally, it is very much a two-party game, and will be until the winner-takes-all format of the Electoral College changes.

But, I think that any viable and legitimate third party has to build roots in local communities and deliver there--all politics is local.

Here in Brooklyn, everyone votes Democratic nationally. However, the local Democratic party is as corrupt as ever, and the Working Families Party is a grassroots rebellion against that--especially in judicial races. They get my local vote.

Anyone else fall into this pattern?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

1. Nothing wrong with that.

That's what parties need to do anyway to build support, instead of these quixotic Presidential runs.

[dbt]

2. I am SURE leaning this way!

After a good eight years in which the Democrats have been hard-pressed to find a spine about anything, I am party-shopping.

:hippie:
dbt

[DaveinMD]

3. the working families party

uses fusion. They endorse good Democrats.

[Warpy]

4. I vote Green for local offices

Democratic for national. Voting for the local Greens is a way to get progrssives into the political system at the local level. The ones who go on to higher office can change parties later.

I have little use for what the DLC led Democrats have become, but they're ever so slightly better than the Repigs, who are all under Delay's thumb and will have to vote whatever way he tells them to if they want party support come election time. Even the occasionally worthy Repig candidate will have to vote the way of the worst, so they're out of the question.

This is a way to satisfy both my progressive and my practical sides.

[DaveinMD]

5. there is

a huge difference between the Democratic and Republican parties. Its not a small difference as you would like us to believe. On almost every issue the differences are large. Choice, privacy, discrimination, taxes, economy, health care, environment. If the last 4 years haven't shown you this, nothing will.

[iconoclastic cat]

6. Yep!

That's me. Green and blue, all the way.

[noahmijo]

7. I would vote green locally here in Az but

There's hardly ever a green, and when there is I can't bring myself to vote for the green because as it is it's always a close race between repukes and dems.

Grijalva I'd say is about as close being green as you can get without the G after his name though.

[DaveinMD]

8. those are

the exact circumstances that you should not vote green. In Democratic dominated district its one thing. But to vote green in competitive districts is the same as voting Republican.