Are We Not Voters?

We are voters, but we may not get to vote. Today I was alerted of news from Colorado about a Republican burning his voter registration form from the Republican Party. One person, one vote, one party. What would bring a presumed loyalist to take such an extreme step except for the fact that this voter feels ripped off, or swindled by the democratic process. I haven't reviewed the details beyond hearsay but the symbolism is very specific and that is the precipice upon which we now stand. A detail orientated public is now aware of the chicanery that will help choose the next POTUS. Desperate times require specific action and burning a registration card is a drastic action, albeit not as inflammatory as burning a flag. The crux of our democracy is in the hands of two parties that have a heavy hand in controlling who represents their interest through the primary process and at this stage in the presidential primary process for 2016 it appears to be a shell game.


Full disclosure, I am not a Donald Trump supporter, but I support the essence of his campaign in that he is providing a challenge to the Republican Party by stirring the actual voters of the Republican Party to take action in the primary instead of letting the institutionalized representatives control the process through and through. The same can be said of Bernie Sanders, who I do support, but who is likely to hit the same headwinds that Donald Trump is dealing with, but in a different way. These two people are from completely opposite paradigms, nonetheless, are entangled in the same exact quandary of having popular support and not the establishment support from the party in which they are running in.

I have often thought that only 5-10% of the population may control our democracy and concluded early on this was accomplished through the primary process. However, I have never witnessed the direct effect of a challenge to the established political machines that reside in the Republican and Democratic parties.