Unaffiliated Voters: dissatisfied by the dogma of both political parties

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Unaffiliated and Independent Voters in the US

Unaffiliated and Independent Voters: Proud of the Choice

Both the republican and democratic parties need bigger tents!

In any election year, information is spun by various political parties and interest groups designed to get the public to vote for one candidate or the other. Then, after the politicians are actually elected, they govern as if re-election is constantly on their mind and in many cases that they must play to their base voters in order to get re-elected.

The result is that our leaders have started to drift further and further apart from the middle, unable to open rational debate on the issues because of a dogged need to stick close to their base. Thus the voter who feels like she or he does not feel aligned with every single issue of a particular party, or would like to hear both sides in an open and honest way, or who hopes for compromise, often feels alienated by our current political system.

This site attempts to cut through the partisan fog to encourage honest, open, and unbiased debate on issues and to hope that our leaders can have the guts to split from their party on certain issues that come up.

Many people feel very strongly about their political affiliation. Our theory is that these feelings can lead to blind faith – following all or many aspects of the party line, even though the range of beliefs held by each party is long and diverse. We feel that its almost impossible to feel attached to 75% or more of one party’s ideation unless you have decided to put too much trust into the fact that there is some coherent whole behind it all.

Welcome unenrolled, unaffiliated, independent voters.

Welcome democrats and republicans who want to openly debate and define issues in a way that is rational and respectful.

And to everyone, thanks for visiting.

Apr 13

Unaffiliated Voters: Evidence for our choice!

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Just for fun, we’ve started to collect names of economists from various backgrounds who feel that a mixed approach to deficit reduction (including spending decreases and tax increases) must take place, a sort of tribute to the unaffiliated stance in a way:

- Martin Feldstein, an adviser to President Ronald Reagan: Wanted to limit “tax expenditures” which include tax breaks for corporations and individuals that have run their course and/or no longer seem relevant or fair.

- Henry Paulson, Treasury secretary to President George W. Bush:Generally wanted to advocate for a plan that included revenue enhancements as at least a minority part of a deficit reduction package

- Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics:”I think the U.S. has every chance of having a good year next year, but the politicians are doing their damnedest to prevent it from happening — the Republicans are — and the Democrats to my eternal bafflement have not stood their ground,”

- Warren Buffet, famous investor and businessman: In the summer of 2011 strongly advocated for the government to stop coddling the rich by refusing to raise their taxes despite the current deficit.

The positions of these economists and businesspeople from all parts of the political spectrum form a tribute to the unaffiliated, middle ground voter since they all seem to agree on a middle ground approach – an approach our hyper parrtisan friends in Washington cannot seem to muster!