04-03-2016, 01:17 PM
(04-03-2016, 12:50 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Interesting stuff, and I didn't read into the background of it but I know people who have actually changed their political affiliation, though not really their core beliefs, when they move to a new area and/or get a new job. I know a woman who changed her affiliation to Democrat when she moved to Philly and worked in admin for a university, and a friend of mine and I were the only registered Libertarians I knew, and while we both plan to vote for Gary Johnson he changed his affiliation to Republican when he moved back to the hometown to help with his dad's business. He said it allows him to vote for his local connections and customers etc because 95% of people in the town are Republicans. I also assume if you are trying to be a local business guy and your customer base is 95% Republican that you should at least look like you're "one of them" in that sense, too.
Hell, I was close to changing my affiliation to Democrat so I could vote for Bernie to get in some chick's pants BUT I managed to find a gal who gives it up and would rather watch reruns of old Nickelodeon game shows than talk politics.
When the Public Defenders Office was established in Tennessee in the early 90's all the District Public Defenders were appointed. They did not have to run for election until the end of their first term. The PD I worked for, Ed Miller, was the son of a local judge who happened to be one of the few Democrats in the area. Tennessee also had a Democrat Governor at the time, Ed McWherter. So Ed got appointed as a political favor. However the first time he had to run for election he told the Democrat Party leaders that there was no way possible a Democrat could get elected to any position in this district. Ed was popular and knew he could get elected if he just ran as a Republican. The Democrat party leaders were not really that mad at him. They understood that he had to do it to keep his job.
