Citizen Spotlight: I Won't Blindly Follow a Political Party Like It's a Cult

Bill Stocker is a Marine Corps veteran and a registered Republican in South Dakota, but he identifies as an independent. In today's Citizen Spotlight, he explains why.


"You have people blindly following whatever the Republican platform is or whatever the Democratic platform is. They follow it like it's a cult. I'm an independent thinker. I'm going to think for myself, I'm going to decide for myself. I'm not automatically going to check that [box] because there's an R besides someone's name."


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