Talk:Party switching in the United States

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The headline on the front page of en.wikipedia.org is preposterous. "Nearly all party switchers?" It is clear from the article that the phenomenon works both ways. Arianna Huffington, while not an elected official, is another notable person who has left the Republican Party. glasperlenspiel 07:19, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] POV

In the first paragraph the article states that America's two-party-system is "inherently undemocratic". While I agree that it is not ideal, I think most Americans feel they live in a good democracy. Also, the article gives the impression that politicians usually switch parties to bolster their chances of reelection, or to join the majority, while only a few actualy do it out of political conviction. This is a very negative POV on the motivations of politicians.--MaxMad 09:50, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] U.S.-centric?

Although I believe this would be more common in the U.S. (a non-parliamentary system, less party discipline, etc.), surely it's not restricted to the U.S.? Shouldn't this be internationalized? [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 21:14, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Laws by state?

This would be a great page to aggregate the laws of different states regarding party switching before the primaries. Some states let you change the day of the primary/caucus while other states make you wait over three months before you can switch parties. I'm not sure where to find the information and so far the best collection of this data has been at the Ron Paul website but it is missing some state deadlines and doesn't cite its sources (although a representative told me that they get the data from each state's Board/Commission of Elections website. http://www.ronpaul2008.com/states/ Is anyone up to the task of aggregating each state's party switching laws and adding that information to this article? Wingedbeaver (talk) 21:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)