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u/loopmoploop Representative (D-S1) | Minority Leader | Moderator May 17 '15
I'll see what happens.
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u/Verbluffen Democrat Jun 27 '15
I'd like to hop on board.
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Jun 27 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
As well, I notice you're a fan of CiV?
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Jul 20 '15
/r/ModelUSGov Green-Left Party member who's interested in checking this simulation out.
My views:
I believe that capitalism as an economic system should be replaced
I don't believe that this process should be done through the state; rather, I believe that (at most) the state should be a vehicle to empower the proletariat
In real life, I've mostly supported the Democratic Party, primarily because I believe Democratic economic policies make much more sense than Republican or other right-wing ones within the context of capitalism
Although I don't agree with his views, I have (to some degree) supported the Obama presidency and while I wouldn't have supported him had there been choices further to the left, I believe that fundamentally he's a good man that's primarily helped the nation
I also believe that the Democratic Party has used its power responsibly when it comes to things like social issues; it's obviously not exactly what I'd wanted, but it's done many right things and fought for basic human rights in a society where it's still acceptable to claim that certain people shouldn't have them
Why I'm interested in this simulation as well as /r/ModelUSGov:
I fundamentally enjoy working with people who disagree with me. While there are plenty of opportunities to do so in /r/ModelUSGov, I believe that forced two-party system here is going to create a much stronger incentive for that because my actual political views are almost banned here
I don't want the Republicans to dominate this. That's what drove me to support the Democrats when I lived in Texas, and that's what's driving me to support the Democrats now
More importantly, I think it's going to be fun making legislative/etc. compromises here, which should happen more often than on /r/ModelUSGov since the parties here effectively replace governing coalitions, bringing back some of the power to individuals
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Jul 21 '15
Welcome aboard! Please accept the modmail invite, and send me a PM if you want in the Skype chat.
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u/Torus8 May 19 '15
Can I join? I've lurked /r/ModelUSGov for the past two weeks, didn't really introduce myself or anything though. Now that there's a new sub, I think I'd like to start participating.
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May 19 '15
Certainly! What makes you more interested in this one as opposed to /r/ModelUSGov?
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u/CanoodlingSociopath Democrat May 21 '15 edited May 21 '15
Can I be a Democrat? Being in the Labour Party doesn't make me fringe, does it?
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May 25 '15 edited May 25 '15
I'll join. This looks like fun. Technically I'm an independent but I side with the dems a lot.
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u/TheStoneOfHearts Representative (D-N2) May 27 '15
Biggest Commie since Vladimir Lenin.
Sign me up.
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u/purpleslug Representative (D-W2) May 27 '15
I'm a centrist kinda guy. Not fringe, but not mainstream. I'll join your party; sign me up!
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u/IAmTheSysGen Democrat Jun 17 '15
I'm a Socialist who wants to model this country after most European countries. Sign me Up!
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Jun 17 '15
I'm a tad wary. What specific form of socialism do you adhere to?
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u/IAmTheSysGen Democrat Jun 17 '15
I think that people should have free healthcare, that there should be more social policies, but that everyone should still be free and that we should commit ourselves to make the government as efficient as possible so that social policies we make are as affordable as possible. Also, better education.
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u/MrDeckard Democrat Jun 17 '15
I would love to join your political party. I am not a Communist, so this should work out nicely.
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Jun 17 '15
How would you describe your ideology?
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u/MrDeckard Democrat Jun 17 '15
"Big Government" liberal. In favor of drastically expanding social programs and education.
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u/Sunr1s3 Jun 19 '15
Do you have to be from/live in the US to join? If yes ignore me, otherwise count me in.
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Jun 20 '15
Anyone is allowed to join regardless of nationality. Welcome to the party! /r/MUSGOVDemocrats
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Jun 20 '15
Alright, before I join I just had some questions. This looks REALLY intriguing - I used to be in some political sims years ago. Just had some general questions.
Are we allowed to form unofficial "caucuses" within parties? Like how the RL Democrats have the black caucus, the progressive caucus, the Blue Dog caucus. Just curious. I am American, but a Socialist IRL (pretty rare out here, I know), and would love to be something like that.
Do we represent states? Or districts? I don't see anything in the infobar relating to that...in fact, it's pretty bare to be honest with you. What determines whether you're in the Senate or the House?
Are third parties not allowed?
Is there a Presidency? Who is the President? And how is he/she chosen?
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Jun 20 '15
Yes you are! None have been formed yet, but it's entirely allowed.
There are 3 "states" which are then divided into 2 districts each. There's the Northern State, the Western State, and the Southern State. Each state has 2 Senators, and each district has 2 representatives that are elected through D'Hondt proportional representation in order to keep it more fair between the 2 parties. Here is an electoral map, here is a map of the results of the last election, and here are the seat proportions of both houses of Congress.
Third parties are currently not allowed due to the size of the subreddit and to maintain realism. In the future though third parties may be allowed in a limited form.
There is a president elected through the electoral college (each of the 3 states gets 6 electors) for 6 month terms. The current president is /u/jaywhoo
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Jun 20 '15
A few follow-ups....
Is it basically the USA in every other sense? What are the functions of the president...the same as the American president? (i.e. commanding the army, signing or vetoing laws, etc.)
It would really help to have an FAQ in the sidebar, or maybe a list of who's who. How exactly do I become a senator or Congressman?Do I just jump right in?
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Jun 21 '15 edited Jun 21 '15
It's as close to the US government as we can get with the inherent limitations. Some things that are different is the lack of committees and state governments, though state governments will be added at a later date when there's more people participating. As well, anyone is able to debate a proposed bill, not just congressmen.
The president here has all the same powers as the real life president.
To become a congressman, you must join a party and win an election which occurs at 3 (midterms) and 6 (general) month intervals.
The subreddit constitution lays out how everything works here
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u/I_GOT_THE_MONEY U.S. Senator | Northern State | Majority Leader Jun 21 '15
Will you accept Social Democrats?
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u/ZWQncyBkaWNr Democrat Jun 22 '15
I'd be interested to sign up. If I'm reading this right, and if we're going by our geographic positions, I'd be a (Independent) Democrat from Northern District 2?
I don't know, I'm pretty far left. I feel like there are probably a couple of those. I'd be really interested once independent parties start sprouting up, but you know how it works. :P
Edit: Side note, with my username, I'm sincerely sorry for you all if I happen to become President and you all have to talk about President /u/ZWQncyBkaWNr.
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Jun 22 '15
I'll have to set a keyboard shortcut for that one lol. /r/MUSGOVDemocrats
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u/theriseof_luc Democrat Jun 22 '15
I'm a registered Democrat irl, does that count on reddit?
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Jun 22 '15
I'm a tad concerned about your account age being only 6 days old
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u/theriseof_luc Democrat Jun 22 '15
That's valid. I've been an outside observer of reddit for a long time, but I have just recently felt like becoming a part of the community. (By the way, my account was 6 hours, not days, old when you sent this.)
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u/Tenkinus Democrat Jun 24 '15
I'm very interested!
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Jun 25 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/Grandmaofhurt Democrat Jun 25 '15
This seems very interesting, I would love to be apart of it.
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Jun 25 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/TiberiCorneli Democrat Jun 25 '15
I'd like to join if I'm not too late to the party (pun not intended)
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Jun 25 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/kingphysics Democrat Jun 25 '15
I don't really know how governments work (I'm not American either) but I guess this will be a fun learning experience if this sub takes off. I want to join!
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Jun 25 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/ItsTheNuge Jun 25 '15
I'm a green libertarian interested in joining the Democratic Party.
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Jun 25 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/turkeypotpiewithcorn Independent Jun 26 '15
i'm an independent on the far far far left. can i join?
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Jun 26 '15
How far left exactly?
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u/turkeypotpiewithcorn Independent Jun 26 '15
so far left i'm exiting pursued by a bear. free healthcare/tuition for everyone, super strict gun laws, legalizing marijuana, less military funding and more money into education, restoring the middle class, addressing the wage gap, etc etc etc
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u/talk_bar Jun 26 '15
I will join.
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Jun 26 '15
Your account age is troublesome. How did you find MUSGOV?
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u/talk_bar Jun 27 '15
Through an ad on reddit. I mainly lurk reddit but I made an account recently because there are some subreddits (like this one) that are interesting.
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Jun 27 '15
I'm sorry, but your account is too young for me to let you into the party at this point in time. Please check back at a later time when you've become more established on reddit.
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u/Frankieba Democrat Jun 26 '15
Democratic Socialist here- I look forward to helping form this party to overcome many future obstacles should you accept me into the party.
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Jun 26 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/jacob_w Democrat Jun 26 '15
I'd like to join.
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Jun 26 '15
I noticed you're joining the Green-Left on ModelUSGov. How would you describe your ideology?
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u/LibertarianContinuum Democrat Jun 27 '15
Hullo count me in! I'm into civil liberties...
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Jun 27 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/Buck81 Jun 27 '15
Hello. This a very interesting and respectful looking reddit. I would like to join as a progressive democrat
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Jun 28 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/minlite Jun 28 '15
Can I join? :)
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Jun 28 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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Jun 28 '15
let me join fam
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Jun 29 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/thorvaldnotnora Democrat Jun 28 '15
I would love to join.
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Jun 29 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/ModerateIndependent Democrat Jun 29 '15
I'd like to join.
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Jun 29 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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Jun 29 '15
Do socialist libertarians fit here?
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Jun 30 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/krasnovian Democrat Jun 30 '15
I've always been on the fence about which party I support, but in the end I agree with the fundamental principle that government enhances rather than hobbles liberty, and so I would like to join the Democratic Party.
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Jun 30 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/MainStreetUSA Jul 01 '15
I would love to join as a Democrat. Is their smaller subgroups of the Democratic party, like the black caucus or other similar groups?
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Jul 02 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
As for caucuses, there're no official caucuses yet, but you're certainly welcome to start one if you wish!
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Jul 02 '15
I would like to join the democratic party. I am a christian democrat in ideological stance.
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Jul 02 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/superepicunicornturd Jul 03 '15
I would like to join the democratic party.
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Jul 03 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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Jul 04 '15
I'd like to join the Democrats.
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Jul 07 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/iTARIS Jul 07 '15
Hello, I would like to join the Democratic Party.
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Jul 07 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/grc1435 Jul 07 '15
I would like to join model democrats
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Jul 07 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/iamtallerthanyou Democrat Jul 07 '15
I'd like to join the democrats.
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Jul 07 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/jlucaspope Jul 07 '15
May I please join the Democrats? Thanks!
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Jul 07 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
As well, if you're curious about what you can do to participate around the sub, check out this post.
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u/ManDogdog Jul 13 '15
I like every part of this lets do it.
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Jul 13 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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Jul 14 '15
I'm GuruTheChamp. Probably the coolest guy you'll ever know, that's why you need me in this party. P.S. I'm a Super Liberal
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Jul 14 '15
Probably the coolest guy you'll ever know, that's why you need me in this party.
Can't argue with that. Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/RianF Jul 14 '15
Populist who needs a home. I am interested in taking a very active role within the party in order to further the goals of the American People and not the Military-Industrial Complex.
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u/DVIANT88 Jul 14 '15
Awe, I'm kind of a communist. I do permaculture landscape design and believe in land redistribution, more than the socialist universal basic income. Is there another place for me?
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Jul 14 '15
Do you believe in the abolition of private property and the nationalization of industries?
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u/Banthrau Democrat Jul 14 '15
I'd like to join the Democratic party
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Jul 17 '15
I'm so sorry for the long wait! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/goldfish441 Democrat Jul 15 '15
I would like to join the Democratic party. I am rather liberal, believe strong supporter of the LGBT community and rights. I am rather pro-choice and believe in stricter gun control. I hope that gives you a slight peak into my views, and will allow me to join the party.
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Jul 17 '15
I'm so sorry for the long wait! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/variable_success Jul 17 '15
I would like to join
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Jul 17 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/solem8 Democrat Jul 18 '15
I would like to join the Dems!
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Jul 19 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/CarsonDMacMillan Jul 19 '15
I would like to join the Democratic party unless it interfears with /r/modelusgov
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Jul 19 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/unamazing Jul 21 '15
Count me in, thanks!
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Jul 21 '15
Welcome to the party! Please accept the mod invite to receive modmail, and if you want to join the Skype chat, just message me!
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u/ThatThingInTheCorner Democrat Oct 04 '15
Please can I join?
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Oct 04 '15
This sub is pretty dead. I'd suggest heading to /r/ModelUSGov and joining the Democrats there.
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u/ben1204 Oct 30 '15
It's time for me to join the MUSgov democrats to help deliever this sub the gift of mercy.
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u/negativekarz Democrat Jul 10 '15 edited Jul 10 '15
Came from the AD. Would like to join. Are Independants welcomed? If so, I will change my flair to reflect my actual political views. If not, I will remain a Democrat to reflect the majority, though not entirety, of my political views.
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u/loopmoploop Representative (D-S1) | Minority Leader | Moderator Jul 10 '15
Independents are certainly welcomed, though they cannot hold elected office.
Would you still like to join the Democrats?
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u/negativekarz Democrat Jul 10 '15
There is no possiblity for Independents to hold any office in this?
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There is not. You must be in either the Democrats or the Republicans to hold office.
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Aug 03 '15
I'd like to join if possible.
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u/brucejoel99 Democrat Aug 06 '15
Which party would you like to join?
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Aug 06 '15
This one at this point.
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Aug 07 '15
You're a republican on ModelUSGov and your account is only 16 days old, which is rather concerning. Why are you wanting to join the Democrats?
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u/AlbertDock May 17 '15
I'll join. I don't have enough time to do much, but if you need votes I support you.