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Arkansas

LiberalArkie

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1. The "Independent" status of people goes back to the era of the

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:48 AM

Nov 3

Conservative Democratic Party under Orval Faubus and the Dixiecrats. People who were voting Republican (or liberal) back then had problems voting if they registered as Republicans. Now we liberals or Democrats registered as Independent for the same reason. (And it allows us to vote in the Republican primary to mess them up) but they do the same.

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The "Independent" status of people goes back to the era of the LiberalArkie Nov 3 #1

Too bad AR's nasty-ass governor is not on the ballot. The abortion issue might well sink her. hlthe2b Nov 3 #2

Yea. It would have been a good year. The state might have gone Harris LiberalArkie Nov 3 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Nov 3 #4

I'm still pissed off because her dad only became governor RazorbackExpat Nov 4 #5