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Who are more likely to think outside the partisan box? Republicans or Democrats?

Put another way: who are more likely to cast their vote based on a critical examination of the issues (ie, not voting out of blind partisan allegiance)?

Definately Democrats. Part of the problem with a 'Democratic controlled Congress' is that ordering Democrats is like herding cats. Sen. Ben Nelson (Nebraska, Dem.) votes with Republicans very frequently. The Democratic party doesn't have the same sort of Party loyalty that the Right has.

Definitely Democrats. Republicans, especially the really to-the-right ones, have a hive mentality.

Any moderate. Both parties have them.

I would say both as well. Also both have their own partisans *cough* fanboys/fangirls *cough* that would rather be damned than been seen flirting with the opposite. But good thing there is always the ones willing to listen and not follow...

What exactly is venturing out of the box? I think Bush walked outside of the box, lit on fire and forgot about it.

I think Republicans would be less likely to venture outside the box, simply given the nature of conservatism.

Probably equal between the two parties.

Independents.


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Originally posted by dadudemon
Independents.


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Independents are already thinking outside the box.

Originally posted by RedAlertv2
I think Republicans would be less likely to venture outside the box, simply given the nature of conservatism. That was my thinking, and it sure seems to hold up in my discussions with Reps and Dems.

Originally posted by Admiral Akbar
Independents are already thinking outside the box. That's why I didn't include them in the poll.

Definitely Ron Paul.

Originally posted by Mindship
That was my thinking, and it sure seems to hold up in my discussions with Reps and Dems.

That's why I didn't include them in the poll.

I know, but I don't think dadudemon realized that.

The more liberal group. It switches between Republicans and Democrats every once in a long while, but right now they constitute the Democrats.

Originally posted by Admiral Akbar
I know, but I don't think dadudemon realized that. He's just thinking outside this thread's box.

I'd like to see some better thinking inside the box before I want to see more outside it.

Originally posted by Bada's Palin
I'd like to see some better thinking inside the box before I want to see more outside it.

Ron Paul.