Honestly I’ve always been a Democrat until like 4 years ago. I didn’t like my option from the Republican party either. I don’t want to vote for either of those parties anymore. Look what they are doing to the American people! It’s time to find someone who actually works for us not against us.

The U.S. provides Israel nearly $10.7 million* in military aid per day, while it gives the Palestinians $0.73 million** per day in foreign (non-military) aid. “Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing the amounts provided to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War II. Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives over $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America’s entire foreign aid budget. In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year. Israel gets most of its aid money at the start of each year, rather than in quarterly installments like other countries. This is significant. It means that Israel can start earning interest on the money right away—interest paid by the US since Israel deposits these funds into an interest-bearing account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. In addition, because the US government operates at a deficit, it must borrow money in order to give it to Israel and then pay interest on it all year. Together, these have, at times, cost US taxpayers more than $100 million every year. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. has slowly phased out economic aid to Israel and gradually replaced it with increased military aid. In September 2016, the United States and Israeli governments signed a new ten-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) where the U.S. pledged to give Israel $38 billion in military aid ($33 billion in FMF grants plus $5 billion in missile defense) over the course of 10 years (FY2019 to FY2028). This new MOU replaces the $30 billion 10-year agreement signed by the Bush Administration that expired in 2018. (Like many government policies, this disbursement of U.S. tax money is not because it serves American interests but instead is the result of special interest lobbying.) The former assistant Secretary of Defense from 2007 to 2009 asked, “How inexplicable is it that we are competing against the Israelis in the Indian defense procurement market at the same time we are subsidizing the Israeli defense industry?” By all accounts, the United States has given more money to Israel than to any other country. According to the Congressional Research Service, as of January 2023, in constant 2021 U.S. dollars (inflation-adjusted), total U.S. aid to Israel obligated from 1946-2023 is an estimated $260 billion. US assistance to the Palestinians does not flow directly to the PA but instead to Israel, which uses the money in part to pay off Palestinian debts to Israeli service providers such as electricity companies."


U.S. aid to the PA also makes it easier and cheaper for Israel to spend its own US aid on security for its Jewish-only settlements built on confiscated Palestinian land, which is illegal under international law. Recent research has shown that at least 78% of international aid money to the West Bank and Gaza ends up in Israel’s economy.

Due to Israel’s oppression of Palestinians since 1948 and the current petition by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide with a number of countries as signatories, despite the constant protests and pleading of the American government not to participate in the genocide and massacre of Palestinian civilians, the U.S. is complicit in the massacre and genocide of innocent Palestinians.


The aid provided to Israel can be used for the American people, who are in need of food and shelter, and even middle-class families can barely make ends meet.


I ask you to support a permanent ceasefire and stop aid to Israel. U.S. bombs and bullets are killing children. and I think the U.S. has lost it’s position as leader of the free world, or a democracy, since the government should represent the will of the people, and the will of the majority is to stop this genocide in Gaza.


Let America reclaim its position as the leader of democracy and the voice of the oppressed.

no longer a Democrat, after 26 years of being one.

I became an independent voter because I don’t feel the major parties truly represent my values and priorities. Their policies often seem either too extreme or too similar, and they feel out of touch with the real issues people face today.


I like to focus on practical solutions rather than sticking to a party line. I choose candidates and policies based on what I think will work best, not just because they belong to a certain party. Modern problems require modern solutions, and I believe the current dominant parties are not equipped to provide them.


Being an independent gives me the freedom to judge each issue and candidate on their own merits. This way, I don’t feel tied down by any one party’s views.


My opinions are often moderate, and I find myself agreeing with ideas from both sides. But I don’t feel a strong connection to either party.


I’m also frustrated by the growing polarization in politics. It feels like this divisiveness is stopping us from working together to solve problems. I think the first step to real change is acknowledging that the existing two parties are corrupt and out of touch. We need better options and systems. By being an independent, I hope to support a more cooperative and effective approach to politics.

I have always felt like it was my duty to vote. Along with that, I feel as if it is my responsibility to vote for the most qualified candidate. If I am following that responsibility I am not following a particular party. I shouldn’t. No one should. In each election, each cycle, my vote should be cast for the candidate that I believe is most qualified to represent me and my values.

I think for myself. I believe ethical issues are more than a ballgame to be loyal to your team. Perfect example: I believe babies in the classroom and babies in the womb should be protected. I find it appalling that folks could adamantly support one of the populations but not the other. This is not high school football, Guys and Gals. This is real life.

I was a registered Republican for 52 years and never once voted the straight party ticket. When the party veered off into hostile territory, I registered as an Independent Voter and never looked back. Three colleagues and I are striving to create a Network of similar voters in Arizona to seek election of candidates with similar orientation to take advantage of the sea change in Arizona when an impressive citizens’ initiative opens up primaries for the one-third of Arizona’s who are registered as Independents. It will be approved in November. After the typical partisan legal challenges are exhausted, the new rules will be in place for 2026. As a pivotal swing state, Arizona will continue to be a truly exciting civic stage to be on. I wouldn’t miss it for anything! Besides the obvious voter rights aspect of this change, the larger reason is that Our Great American Experiment desperately needs our voices to offset the toxic political space dominated by the parties. Governing a democratic republic is not well served by constant warfare; moderating voices are needed more than ever. Now in my 91st year, I truly expect the Independent Voter movement will prosper long after I can make my small contribution to the cause.

My defining moment was after Obama. I realized that he was no different than all the other Dem/Rep before him. Those two parties tell you what they think you want to hear, then once in office, they don’t keep their word. I don’t like the fact that this country pushes only Dem/Rep candidates in our faces, but doesn’t take the time to showcase the other parties’ available candidates. I feel that the Blue and the Red are only out for themselves, their rich cronies, and the elite of this country. I choose to vote Independent because I want the ability to choose who I want, not just from the lesser of two evils.

Track records of the official bribe excepting traders of these past 22 years in The United States of America 🇺🇸 have deceived us daily with never ending war based on lies, deceiving us daily as demonstrated on American couch idol programming and promotions of division television 📺 MSM and not allowing the documented facts of these past 22 years in The United States of America 🇺🇸 to reach the American people so they can make important decisions based on fact.

I am 79 yo. In my lifetime I have witnessed Our American voting system falsely tell our voters what they , the politicians, were going to do to improve our lives,family life,government, ect. Only to discover most of the promises where either untrue, halftrues . I nolonger care for the 2 party system, perhaps a 3rd party can give clarity to our political problems and or just another choice.

I have always followed our founding fathers and this quote from Thomas Jefferson speaks of the importance of individual thinking.

thinking for myself"

-— Thomas Jefferson To Hopkinson, 1789

I am not a federalist, because I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction, is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.

I don’t need anyone to tell me how I should vote. I should be able to vote in everything just like anyone else. The only one that tells me what to go is God. Have a great day.

i believe that in a land of freedoms, we share many responsibilities within our communities, our nation and our planet. We need to be reasonable, caring and wholistic. That means listening to and trying to understand the needs of ALL people, regardless of race, language, gender, religion, politics… Those that are fiercely one-sided tend to be out of balance and therefore reckless or even dangerous to some degree. The independents that I know tend to be better educated and are willing and able to see, consider and work with multiple perspectives. This allows us to be more peaceful, compassionate and understanding.

The Israel-Palestine conflict has taught me so much about the two-party system, and more importantly, western powers. The conservatives and liberals alike have demonstrated that they are incapable of listening to the will of the people and that they are always divided, EXCEPT, when it comes to funding war and suffering abroad. They are divided on issues that would actually help working class Americans. It’s like that old quote from Malcolm X: “Conservatives and liberals may be likened to a wolf and a fox. The wolf wants what it wants and it doesn’t care what you think. It doesn’t care if it has the moral high ground. He’ll show his teeth and try to eat you. The fox also shows its teeth, but it pretends to smile. In this way, the liberals are more dangerous than the conservatives. They lure us with their crocodile tears and their false hopes so that we run from the wolf and into the jaws of the “smiling” fox. Conservatives will be honest about their disdain for you, but a liberal will fight tooth and nail to convince you that they are on your side, only to do the same thing as the conservative does.” This is why I became and independent. I believe that third party voters and candidates are vital to restoring America’s democracy.

I registered to vote and cast my ballot in my first election in 1976 for Jimmy Carter as a new and excited member of the Democratic Party. I remained staunch supporter and party strong with every local, state and national election for the following 48 years. I held the same ideals, principles on social, religious and economic issues. I respected our country’s position on the world stage; humanitarian efforts and fight for progressive values for all peoples of the world, until it was t. I left the party in October 2023 and could not get out fast enough. With Joe Biden’s words, “I am a Zionist”. I lived and worked in Gaze. I know these people, their culture, their religion, their beliefs. I’ve slept im their homes. I’ve eaten in their homes. I watched TV with families not understanding a single word. I had to collect rodents throughout the strip in a clandestine Fashion to have caregivers for the sick in Baptist Hospital. Students would miss days from work because the occupation forces would enter homes without cause and detain these young men stripped, sacks over their heads sometimes kneeling sometimes forced to stand for hours for no cause but to insight terror. I myself stood at the end of an IOF soldiers weapon after taking pictures for my slide show once home in the U.S. My white American privilege got me out of that one. We had to leave the strip and usually drive to Jerusalem or shorter to Ashkelon to collect potable water in containers or boil our water in Gaza. No bottle water to get in 1982-83. No internet, no cell phones. Under occupation. After my country’s response as an active role in apartheid, occupation, collective punishment, starvation, and Genocide. I could not be associated or anymore complicit than I already Am by virtue of national citizenship. When I saw protesters calling for ceasefire and end to murdering thousand upon thousands of innocent men woman and children and democrats response was equal to that of republicans, white supremacist , American Nationalists, I knew democrats and republicans are much more alike than they are different. I was asked if I was a one issue voter after changing my voter registration to independent. No, I’m at least a 40 thousand issue voter and counting. We voters in this country are consistently left to vote for the lesser of two evils, I thought that was democratic nominee, I drank to kool-aid. This go around there are no lesser of two evils. No longer party affiliated and no one to cast a vote for. I am frightened.

I don’t participate in voting because I’ve learned that the system was rigged from the start against democracy as the minority wealthy landowners congregated to protect their interests over those of the majority and the system we now have is a duopoly at best and an oligarchy at worst. Neither party serves the interests of the people but rather the interests of the rich. I believe it is beyond reform and as a wise man once said”when the system no longer serves it’s citizens it is their duty to overthrow it and replace it with a new one “

I am almost 67 and I’ve always been an independent. I remember being taught about both parties in high school. I remember thinking, those are my options? I immediately thought, no thanks. I vote democrat because the republican party is/was so much worse. We need more political parties. Now, more than ever, these two parties don’t represent everyone.

I don’t vote party. I’m sick of the behavior of some in both parties. I vote for the person I think will do the best job. Party doesn’t matter. Our Congress is not working for the everyday American. They are to busy playing politics and fighting. When did it become wrong for bi-partisanship? There are individuals in Washington that I feel want all the attention. It makes our country look bad. I’m a proud American and am ashamed of the garbage going on in Washington. We are literally not getting anything done except fighting each other. UNITED WE STAND – DIVIDED WE FALL!! The parties are so divided!!

I am not an independent voter I’m a Democrat and I support Joe Biden

I am tired of voting for the status quo. Both parties are for war, invasions, world control. Enough!

I had been registered Democrat since I turned 21, but I often voted for a better candidate in another party. I am now registered as an Independent to match my thought processes on voting for the candidate rather than a single party. I feel the two major political parties are now more extremist than centrist and I feel they are tearing this country apart.

It’s complicated. But you already know that.

First generation immigrant, who realizes the reason his family immigrated here no longer exists in major political and media landscapes