How many people on here consider themselves Democrats?

[knight_of_the_star]

This isn't just in the wake of the recent bill, but from what I've been seeing on here over the past five years since joining this board. I'd like to get a head count of how many people on Democratic Underground actually consider themselves to be Democrats.

[knight_of_the_star]

1. Kick

[grasswire]

2. proud to be a Democrat

I just wish the party would buy themselves a real strategist to tell its proud history and control its message.

[Hepburn]

3. I belong to the party of.....

Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Trumamn
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

What more do I need to say to tell y'all I am PROUD to be a DEMOCRAT!

:hi:

[acmavm]

12. I agree, that's the same party heros at who's feet I worship. But they did

not belong to this 'party'. I don't know what the hell you'd call it now.

[RadiDem]

4. Progressive democrat here

[stimbox]

7. Me too.

I'm a progressive Democrat who is sick and tired of the DLCers.

[bluestateguy]

5. Somebody who agrees with you 80% of the time is not your enemy

nt

[knight_of_the_star]

6. Definitely a Democrat here

Party of FDR, Truman, Kennedy, Kerry and Clark. Better to vote for the people who will fight for you most of the time than for the people who either can't get in the door or won't fight for you at all.

[stray cat]

8. Independent who generally votes Dem.

Actually a registered Dem since 2003. But would probably have to vote Republican as I would probably fail the purity test of some.

[Totally Committed]

9. Liberal Left-Wing Old School Democrat, hanging on by a thread.

Proud to be a Liberal.

Proud to be a Leftie.

Anti-War.

Anti-Death Penalty.

Anti-Poverty.

Pro-Environment.

Pro-Choice.

Pro-Gay Rights

Allergic to ALL Republicans (even the ones with (D)'s after their names)


But, like I said... hanging by a thread.


TC

[UTUSN]

10. Big Umbrella Dem. No hanging by any thread here. n/t

[stillcool]

11. I come from a state where

...I am very fortunate to have representation that is hard to fault. So, for me, the meaning of the term 'democrat' is still one I can ascribe to myself. If I lived in another state, the label might be in tatters.

[rucky]

13. I'm registered as a Democrat.

so if that's what you want to call me, go ahead. I'm not really sure what it means, tho.

[H2O Man]

14. Yes.

I am a democrat.

[porphyrian]

15. I'm not leaving my party or my country just because a bunch of assholes have invaded.

Let them leave if they don't like my being here.

[TechBear_Seattle]

16. I am an American, not a partisan

I give -- and withhold -- my vote based on what I believe to be best for my community and my country, not in accorance to party marching orders. That has usually meant voting for Democrats, although over the last 15 years I have been less and less inclined to support either party.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I'm a subset Democrat...

I am a progressive. Personally, I would rather vote for a progressive Republican than a corporatist Democrat, but since the former is a rare bird, the Democrat will almost always get my vote. That being said, I think it's our duty and responsibility to work as hard as we can to put the establishment, administration-enabling Democrats out of business and replace them with good, solid progressive candidates. The primaries need to be our focus.

[NoodleyAppendage]

18. Democrat of the ideals we held dear 35 years ago. That was a real difference from Repukes.

Currently the Dem Party is a shell of its former self.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Hmm

Democratic born

Democratic bred

When I die

I'll be Democratic dead.

[MODemocrat]

20. I've alway been a Democrat

That's not to say this latest rubber-stamping for Bush didn't discourage me from being one.
How dare they do this to us. Democrats are becoming back-stabbers to their own party; and this is
what really displeases me. You'll never see the republicans reaching out and voting against their party. They stay with their party even when it's unconstitutional.

[WoodrowFan]

21. yellow dog die hard

I don't vote for %#$$@&*#@) republicans and never will.

[High Plains]

22. Registered Democrat...for lack of anything better.

Where's the Anarcho-Socialist Green Party?

I tried the Natural Surrealist Party, but that never seemed to come together.

I tried the BTP (Boring Theoretical Party), but I got tired of that.

I see the national Democratic Party power structure as the atrophied left wing of the SUCWP (Single Unified Capitalist War Party), unable or unwilling to deliver such basics as universal health care, a progressive, peaceful foreign policy, or controls over corporate excess.

But they're not as bad as the Republicans.

[lonestarnot]

23. hmmmf!

[Raine]

24. Democrat

there is no alternative that is realistic. :shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

25. From the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

[bicentennial_baby]

26. Not registered as such, but I vote Dem...

I'm Indy, just because... ;)

[NoPasaran]

27. Democrat here!

Proud to be chair of the Fighting 352nd Precinct!

[Forkboy]

28. As of March I'm technically "Unenrolled" here in Mass.

Long story short;I had stuff to do and didn't mail back the stupid card they send you in time.

I started voting in '86,and I voted for a Dem in all but three instances (one instance a Dem wasn't even running so I voted Independant,one was a case of personally knowing the Dem and knowing what a lying,dishonest,backstabbing asshole he was,so I again voted Independant,and the last was for Grace Ross for Governor of Mass because she was just awesome).

I still think the Dems are our best hope,but I can't say that I proud to vote Dem anymore,and that saddens me a great deal. :(

[Geek_Girl]

29. I'm still a registered democrat and have voted for no one else but democrats

I consider myself to be a democrat but I'm not happy with my party these days and I'm keeping my options open.

[Hardrada]

30. Prussian monarchist

Practically ANYTHING is better than those sick fuckers and Dem impersonators in DC who are so busy giving the Bushies all the blow-jobs they want.

[Amonester]

31. Human being...

who loves the Constitution of the United States.

Due to the current criminal administration, their accomplices, and their naïve enablers, we are, more and more, an endangered species...

[LeftishBrit]

32. No, as I'm not American...

and on most economic and some other issues would be significantly to the left of most American Dems.
And I am not a party member or loyalist in my own country.

However, I can firmly say that if I lived in America I would be a Democratic Party member and vote for the Democrats - when the alternative is someone like Bush, there is *no* alternative.

[in_cog_ni_to]

33. Registered as a Democrat in 1973. However, it's NOT the same Democratic Party it was back then.

I'm finished with them. Damn losers. They need to know they cannot take my civil liberties away from me and not have to pay for it. They've already lost my money, time, and efforts. I will NEVER, EVER, EVER work on another Dem campaign. NO ONE uses me and that is all they're doing to all of us! They don't give one HOOT about what you want or what you think. All they care about is getting your MONEY and staying in power for their nice big PERKS. That's IT. This current Dem Party is the most SPINELESS, BLIND and WEAK I've ever had to witness. I've never seen anything like it and it will never change as long as we continue feeding their campaign coffers. The ONLY thing that matters to these people is MONEY and POWER. Period. We peons are just an unavoidable annoyance because they MUST have our money to survive. NO MORE. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and I'm finished with you.

[Skidmore]

34. An extremely pissed off one....

who for the first time is considering writing in a candidate in 08.

[Guava Jelly]

35. I am a registered democrat..I have always voted democrat

I probably always will...That said
80% of the time i consider myself a democrat..20% of the time i am way to pissed at my own party to consider myself one.
But I refuse to leave it because leaving is no way to fix it..
I'd rather stick around and nudge it in the direction i want it to go in.

[Bennyboy]

36. I clicked NO....

And I am less so every single day. The Democratic party is becoming more and more useless every second. The FISA bill, utter crap and the Dems caved. They refuse to fight they way the Repukes fight and always try to be nice. FUCK THAT. Call the fuckers out on their shit.

Here we are all taking about Hillary Clinton as the presumptive choice of the party for President. PUULLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSEEEEEEEEEEE! She is a horrible choice, she is owned by the lobbyists. the same lobbyisist that own the rest of the Hill.

Yet the one guy who has any ideas at all is never even mentioned anywhere (Kucinich. It is really sickening.

[LiberalHeart]

37. I'm a Democrat, but disappointed in the House and Senate members.

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. Progressive

Anti-war

Pro Choice

Pro Human Rights

Socialist

Feminist

Wife

Mother

Educator

Registered Democrat (but not a happy one)

[Prophet 451]

39. I clicked "no"

I'm British so I can't be a Democrat. If I was in teh States, I would be but only because the Repubs are so loathsome.

[Ms. Toad]

40. I consider myself an independent who mostly

votes for Democratic candidates. In Ohio, the closest you get to party registration is which ballot you ask for at the polls during a primary - until you ask for something different you are treated as belonging to the party for which you last requested a ballot - so if you look at the records, I'm a democrat. On the national scene I've never voted for anyone other than a Democrat. I've liked some presidential candidates outside of Ds and Rs better (generally, neither on a national level is radically inclusive enough for me), but I'm not about to help the more conservative candidate into office by sending my vote to an opponent who has no chance of winning.

I've voted for local republican candidates. In some instances I know them personally, respect them, and their politics won't impact their performance in the particular office they are seeking (or in some cases I like them better than their opponent's politics). In other instances the local democratic candidate has lost the brains s/he was born with. Sometimes those R votes have worked well, sometimes I've regretted them. I've also voted for the democratic candidate because I figured the idiot democrat would at least follow the party line - and been wrong. I got Mr. "I think Ohioan's need to be able to hunt mourning doves" out of one of those votes.

That said, I understand this is the DU. I don't advocate for candidates who are not Ds in this forum. I feel free, however, to advocate for ideas I believe Ds should embrace, even though those ideas are not currently the party line - such as doing away with the concept of people who are "illegal" solely because they happened to be born in another country, and advocating equal access to marriage for all.

[Stinky The Clown]

41. I'm a Democrat

Fortunes and directions may wax and wane, but in the end, there's two choices if one chooses to be a member of a political party.

Republican

Democrat

I've been both over the years.

I've never been other than a liberal.

So I am a Democrat now. I have been for a long time. I'll probably die a Democrat.

[RC]

42. No. I am an independent. A Liberal Independent.

The DLC is to far to the right of the real center to be call Democrats.

[sanskritwarrior]

43. Proud blue dog democrat

here..........

[SarahB]

44. Part of the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Do we still exist? nt

[HughMoran]

45. Of course I'm a Democrat

They are not perfect and can be criticized when they do the safe thing, but I'll never ever vote for a hateful bigot Republican coward.

[Mojambo]

46. I'm a liberal.

I still hang at the Democratic party house, but lately they been having some bad dudes over.

[ulysses]

47. here.

Liberal first, but yes, a Dem.

[Va Lefty]

48. Always considered myself a Democrat

Still do, although I realize I'm "Left-Wing" even in The Democratic Party. I'll vote for our nominee whomever it is, I'm used to my candidate not getting the nomination (Kennedy '80, Hart '84, Jackson '88, Browne '92, Dean '04) but I have to wonder if we might have fared better in general elections with some of these guys than the candidates that won the nomination.

[Greyhound]

49. Pro-Liberty Liberal, registered Democrat. After the elections, we'll see. n/t

[MrSlayer]

50. I am a Democrat, I'm not so sure about the people in office bearing the name.

A whole lot of them act otherwise.