Snarkvark @ PoliSnark.comSo, the Colorado Politics article gives a polite breakdown of why independent voters are on the rise, but let’s skip the polite crap and get to the truth. People are running from the two-party system because both parties have lost their goddamn minds. The Democrats are so far up the progressive tree they can’t see the ground anymore, and Republicans? They’re too busy trying to out-conservative each other to notice the rest of the world has moved on. Normal Coloradans—the ones paying taxes and just trying to live—are stuck in the middle of this shitstorm, watching both sides burn down their tents for the sake of ideological purity (ASU News) (Reuters).
Here’s the real reason people are registering as independents: they’re tired of the bullshit. It’s not because the voter registration process is easier or more accessible—it’s because the two parties are acting like rival cults instead of governing bodies. Every election feels like you’re being asked to pick between getting kicked in the shin or punched in the throat. And regular voters are over it. They don’t want to swear allegiance to the party of Twitter activists, and they sure as hell aren’t signing up to ride the Republican crazy train any time soon.
This is Colorado, folks. We’re practical people. We want functioning roads, affordable homes, and leaders who don’t treat every goddamn issue like the next great political crusade. And instead, we’ve got parties playing out some fever-dream version of politics where compromise is a dirty word, and anyone remotely reasonable is branded a traitor. So yeah—voters are bailing on this dumpster fire of a system and registering as independents in record numbers (ASU News).
And the funniest part? These independent voters are the ones who actually decide elections in this state. They swing left, they swing right, but mostly they want someone to just do their fucking job. But the parties are too busy pissing in the wind to notice. They keep treating independents like some strange anomaly instead of the future of Colorado politics. If the parties had half a brain between them, they’d realize that they need to ditch the extremes and get their asses back to the middle—the place where voters are just trying to keep their heads above water and could not care less about ideological purity (Reuters).
So, dear Democrats and Republicans, here’s a little free advice: If you want to stay relevant, stop treating voters like they’re idiots and quit pandering to the fringes. Get back to basics—fix the damn roads, pass a reasonable budget, and leave the culture wars in the trash where they belong. Until you do, the exodus from your batshit crazy parties will only continue.
