Declined Democratic Republican

Year  Dem   Rep   Other   Decline to State

2004  43.0%   34.7%  4.6%             17.7%

I know some people are worried about sabotage voters intentionally voting for a weaker candidate for the opposition party, but because I'm a strong believer in third party viability, I think, open primaries, instant runoffs, and non-political re-districting are good ideas. I would have voted for McCain in the primary if given the chance . . .  fighting the hardest against open primaries are the party machines, they don't want to lose their stranglehold on American politics . . .