davidearl69 t1_iu1ng78 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 9:54 PM

Reply to comment by segfaultxr7 in Democrats seek to address confusion over 'Mike Doyle' in 12th Congressional District race by World-Tight

I've always thought the opposite. I wish no one would identify by party. At the very least, the government shouldn't be advertising your party affiliation for you on the ballot.

If everyone had to actually know who you were voting for, and not just what team they were on, I think it would do a lot more good than harm.

SuperRocketRumble t1_iu22ids wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:49 PM

That would be fine if every Republican in the country right now wasn’t licking Trump’s boots.

WeirdEidolon t1_iu4kf8s wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:36 PM

It wouldn't have been fine beforehand, either - the Republicans before the bootlicking facilitated and enabled said bootlicking, to say nothing of the rest of their reprehensible policy positions

just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iu1p492 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 10:06 PM

I can surmise a lot of information about a candidate by knowing what party they belong to. Particularly in this day and age. Having their party affiliation listed is a good thing. Otherwise, Republicans would just always run somebody who comes alphabetically first and win all of the time.

brosacea t1_iu1yxgt wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:21 PM

The problem with this is that so many political ads have out-of-context quotes and outright lies. If I believed them I'd assume every candidate running for everything was personally trying to murder me (even though sometimes it seems like they are indirectly).