CA: Shut out by GOP, independents may tilt Democratic

Shut out by GOP, independents may tilt Democratic

By Richard C. Paddock, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 21, 2008
SAN MATEO -- -- Medea Bern, once a registered Republican, is one of a growing number of California voters who shun party membership and declare themselves independent. In the upcoming presidential election, that makes her the kind of voter all the candidates would like to reach.

But when it comes to California's Feb. 5 primary, there is only one major party where she's welcome: the Democratic Party. She isn't allowed to cast her ballot in the Republican primary, and that upsets her.

She might be inclined to vote for Republican Sen. John McCain, but instead finds herself weighing a choice between Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Not surprisingly, the Democratic Party is delighted at the prospect of attracting hundreds of thousands of independents to vote for one of its candidates next month. Democratic strategists believe that an independent who votes Democratic in February is likely to vote for a Democratic candidate in November too.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-independents21jan21,1,6812616.story?ctrack=4&cset=true

Number of independently minded voters out there this election cycle.

A Pew research study said that there are now 39 % of all American voters being independent, 33% are Democratic voters and the remaining number is 28% Republicans.

But the M$M doesn't want to emphasize that because they want the ability to tell us who to vote for. They narrow the fields for both the Democratic and Republican voters, and they certainly don't want to us realizing that we could make up our own minds and exclude the top candidates of both parties.

Why, after all, if we made up our own minds, our nation could actually come out from under the clutches of the Corporate State. And we would all be better for it.

Am I alone in that thought?