In a lot of countries voting is by secret ballot so why in the US do people have their affiliation publicly registered? The point of secret ballots is to avoid harassment from political opponents, is this not a problem over there?
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It differs by state. One reason and many states have this, is you have to in order the pick the candidates. In others this does not matter.
I register for the opposite party. I don’t have a political party left enough for me, however I won’t vote for the right wing parties. So I register right wing and vote against their worst candidates.
The voter registration is often public and used for planning. Again my small shift messes with their numbers.
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