Virginia GOP Loyalty Pledge/Oath

[Benton]

(01-07-2016, 03:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: In many places (like where I live) the primaries are more important than the general election when it comes to local elections.  Districts have been mapped out to insure that the same party will win every time.  So I have to vote in the Republican primary if I want to have any say in local government.

Of course national elections are different.

Same in Kentucky. For most of the state, everyone is a Democrat. Most of them are Republicans, but they run as Dems because people consider the primary the election. It changes beyond state rep, but for county officials it's mostly everyone running in a Democratic primary.