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i myself am a 20 year-old independent. too many people vote for a person just because of their party affiliation instead of what is really important, the issues at hand. although in the primaries i voted for obama, the way things are looking right now though i may end up voting for mccain when all is said and done.

What exactly do you mean with the issues at hand?

I'm a Democrat, because there's very little chance of me voting for a Republican with my stands on the issues.

the issues that are important right now

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i voted for obama in the primaries but right now my vote in the general election will go to mccain.

I am a Democratic Socialist. We believe that hard work pays-off, not sitting in your chair and letting others do the work for you.

i'm a 28 year old liberal democrat from Georgia, and i'm not a dixiecrat.
i voted for obama in the primary and i'm voting for him again in the general, i hate clinton so much that if she gets the nomination i'm voting for mccain.

I'm conservative of fiscal issues and liberal on social issues, which limits my participation in both parties. So I'm certainly an independent who is fed up with the two party system.

Since Clinton won Pennsylvania (by 10 points which is huge), the delegate math comes out to neither candidate winning and super delegates making the decision, not the people. All this time, effort, and money for nothing. Clinton needs about 60% of the remaining undecided super delegates and she will win. That's a fairly easy goal considering that most of the super delegates are part of the establishment and probably long time friends of Bill Clinton.

Of course the Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean may just say to hell with both of you idiots and select a compromise candidate.

When you look behind the curtain, the US is not as democratic as people think it is.

Hi, L'america,
that's also my/our impression here in Europe that Hil. Clinton polarizes everybody massivly. Either the people keep her for ideal democratic and liberal or like me and other skeptics which keep her for ill-reputed to-much-calculating and an establishment fighter.
We have sadly here in europe a mainstream media with pre-chewed opinions which do not really helps to look through.
By personally engaging in the matter, I must say Mccain with his shirtsleeve way looks to me much more authentic and even sympathically and so finally much more eligible then HL or Obama, despite he is an republican.

So, I catch your dilemma and do not envy you at the voting day!
And I hope afterwards you will be not to much disappointed about your choice. And remember: a misselection is mostly due to the lacking of the proper possibilities. So, cheer up! Why should you have it better off in America then we in Europe. Finally it's rather the same sauce, that we call democracy.

PS: What is a "dixiecrat? A trivialized democrat?

Wikipedia is our friend:
Dixiecrat

Habe ich ja ganz vergessen. yes,indeed!

"dixiecrat"
The States' Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. Dixiecrat Party) was a segregationist, populist, socially conservative splinter party of the Democratic Party in the mid-20th century determined to protect what they saw as the Southern way of life against an oppressive federal government.

splinter party and Southern
(Scheint ein Südstaatler-Splitterpartei zu sein!)