Don't get me wrong, but what is the point of declaring that you are an Independent? They have no primary voting rights, and anyone can vote any party they wish in the general election. So, what's the point? Is it fear of someone associating another with a particular party stigma? I asked my brother (registered Independent) and all he could say is that he is neither Republican nor Democrat, but yet he has ALWAYS voted Republican. I am a Republican but I can vote Democrat (bite my tongue) in the general if I wish.