One-party rule, ambivalence, and the 2006 IL Governor race (with Poll)

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Friday March 31, 2006 · 2:11 PM PST

2006/03/31 · 14:11

As long as I have known them, my parents have been in-word-only Independents. As a feminist and all-around social liberal, my mother almost always votes the straight Democratic ticket. Ever a fiscal conservative (with just an awkward touch of homophobia and racism), my father consistently votes Republican. Their views were each so strongly held that politics was never discussed in the house, and around election time, they would both get downright peevish about the fact that they were effectively canceling out each other's vote.

So why wouldn't either of my parents ever actually register for their preferred party? Read More

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