I'm tired of being disenfranchised by my own party [View All]

I'm not talking about rigged voting machines, hanging chads, or purged voter rolls. I'm talking about my own party de-valuing my vote to the point where I might as well stay home.

In November of next year I will be expected to go to the polls and vote for a Democratic nominee that I had NO VOICE in selecting. Voters in other states get to pick my candidate for me and they expect me to comply like a lamb being led to slaughter.

I do not need the Democrats of New Hampshire, Nevada, Iowa, and South Carolina to make decisions for me or to decide for me who I get to vote for.

Is it any wonder that so many states are permanently Republican when they are permanently shut out of the candidate selection? If the Democrats ever expect to take any southern states they have to stop treating us like step children.

If the Democratic Party wants my vote in the general election, first they need to give me a meaningful vote in the primary.