Between the two, do you consider yourself a Republican or Democrat?

I am equally neither.

I am a registered Democrat.

Really not a republican, just anti-democrat.

I guess democrat if I had only those two to choose from

Hardline Independent

Libertarian.

But if I had to be either purely Democrat or purely Republican, and Libertarian was not an option, I would choose Democrat.

You seem like a very reasonable and pragmatic individual that would disregard the dogma of both parties and come up with your ideas based on your own research. That being said, I'm surprised by your answer. Not that it's necessarily a bad one.

Not a big fan of the social conservative attitudes so they can get votes from the religious right, or the far right wing radical rhetoric to pander to the Tea Party

Also, I'm a scientist so all of that anti-science bullshit doesn't really fly with me

Currently, neither.

Im not a registered Democrat, but I lean that way.

I feel the same way.

If I HAVE to choose, Democrat leaning. If I don't have to choose, neither.

None.

I tend to agree more with Republicans than I do Democrats.

If I HAD to choose, it would be democrats, but i'm far more left leaning than that.

This is the greatest quote in the history of politics.

Libertarian, although I tend to vote republican because I agree more with their fiscal policies.

If I did live in the states, it would really depend on the state I lived in, but most likely Democratic.

Why would it depend on the state you lived in?

Air what happened to your thread. I wanted to possibly mock you

Turned out to be fake.

That was what I was going to rib you about, but didn't know if it was a ploy to trick OT and make some point about gullibility

That's funny because I'm the opposite.

Consider myself a free thinker

I would never knowingly trick OT, which is why I deleted the thread once I found out.

I'm a registered independent, but since 2009-ish I've (largely) been voting for Democrats by default.

Republican because I live in the Commonwealth. None of them Hollywood Democratics lies ever benefit my city.

Neither. I consider myself an Independent.

I consider both parties to be on the opposite sides of the spectrum of wrong. I exercise my American right not to vote. It's not like anything's going to change.

Come at me.

Years ago I used to vote Republican because I considered them least of two evils, though it bothers me how they blur the line between religion and state. I suppose if you held a gun to my head I would vote Republican.

Non Partisan

but I am socially liberal so I tend to vote Democrat in National Elections. In local Elections I vote for both parties equally depending on the Candidate.

I am a registered Independent.

I'm not American myself but if I were one and had to choose a side I'd be a democrat I guess.

Not sure if serious

You're what?

Put a gun to my head and I'll probably vote democrat, although if Hillary is the nominee in 2016 I might just ask you to pull the trigger.

I'm a scientist

Democrat though I am far more left.

What kind of a scientist?

Biologist

Why?

You're like a real scientist? Published and peer reviewed and all that stuff?

As opposed to what?

Yes, I have my name on peer reviewed publications

As opposed to a "self-proclaimed" scientist.

Okay, well I'm a biologist

why?

I identify with the Democratic party's platforms much more so than Republicans. Social Conservatism is a disease.

This is surprising considering the Republican party's actions are the exact opposite of their stated fiscal policies.

The episode of Futurama featuring the Nixon-head election really exemplifies modern US politics. The whole "John Jackson" and "Jack Johnson" deal. Except for some crazies on the republican side of the fence, you are basically getting the same thing voting for either party's candidate. Depending on which party is voted into office, it just tends to bend some current legislation one way or the other.

It's impossible to sum up any one person's political views as "one or the other". Many Americans, if pressed for more detailed answers, would likely have positions on things that fall on both sides of the fence, or on neither.

Me, being Canadian, do not identify with American political standards. On most political "alignment" quizzes, I generally fall near centre economically (that means I am neither right- nor left-leaning when it comes to a government's spending) and am usually fairly distant from any sort of authoritarian regime (i.e. I prefer a citizenry to have personal freedoms than not). So based on a similar evaluation of both Republican and Democrat party platforms, I'm neither.

No reason in particular. You don't come off as a "scientist" to me, but again we rarely discuss biology so its hard to tell anyway.

Besides, I'd imagine that a scientist has better things to do with his time.

I think the all Republican party's actions are the exact opposite of their actual stands, except for war mongering.