Chicken and egg though...a lot of us aren't active in the system specifically for that reason...because we don't feel like we make a difference when we are required to be tied to a party affiliation to vote in the primary elections. Just because I have a big, fat "D" on my voter card, doesn't mean there won't be times I won't want to pick a Republican who actually sounds like he or she makes sense. Right now, most of them either need to be woken up or committed.
I think if you really want to make a difference, you need to get involved
before the primary. Help choose the primary candidates. Either party.
I have occasionally voted for a D. Always a moderate D though. They would probably have been considered a R in a really Blue state.
The evangelicals have hijacked the Republican Party.
Yep, the thing I dislike the most about today's Republican party.