Why do you belong to a political Party??

[kentuck]

What is your agenda?

Do you belong to the Party just to be "one of the team"? Is it all just a game to see who can get to "60" first?

Or do you expect those that you vote for to do something for you? You expect a return on your investment, your vote? How do you feel when that doesn't happen?

Do you expect the person you vote for to stand up for certain principles ingrained within the Party structure, ie, labor issues and issues that help the lives of common people, such as Social Security and Medicare?

What should you do when you feel that your vote and trust have been betrayed? Should you leave the team? Or should you kick the person off the team that you feel betrayed your trust? Otherwise, why belong to a political Party at all?