We affiliate with or join political parties to support ideas that we believe in. We say, “I’m a Republican”, “I’m a Democrat”, or, increasingly, “I’m an Independent”, based on our core principles.
Each political party has a platform. New Hampshire Democrats have theirs and New Hampshire Republicans have theirs. These platforms are unsigned contracts between the Party and its members. If a prospective member paid attention (not just acting on emotion or with herd mentality) they would know, in advance, what the Party stands for and what its stated missions are.
Personally, the New Hampshire Democrat Party platform makes me violently ill, so you might assume that “I’m a Republican“, right?
Not so fast…






