If you're dissatisfied with the direction of your preferred party, get out and vote in primaries. A lot of people have become Independent out of disgust, but if

If you're dissatisfied with the direction of your preferred party, get out and vote in primaries. A lot of people have become Independent out of disgust, but if you're in a closed primary state, you just gave away your vote. If you live in a one-party state like West Virginia or Maryland, it might make sense to tactically switch to the dominant party. I've done that in my state. In a perfect world, elections reform would be great: - adopt ranked-choice voting - increase access to the ballot box (motor voter auto-registration, early voting, etc) - adopt compulsory elections (probably would never happen in the States)