<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
i regard myself as a political independent,, i'm registered to vote but i don't belong to a party. for the sake of "full disclosure", these days i consider myself "leaning to the left" but surely not a true leftist. okay.  it frustrates me to hear conservatives always agree with the GOP and liberals automatically with the dems.  these folks, and there are a lot of them, agree with whatever position their party holds. it's closed mindedness and it's bad.
<|assistant|>
Hey, you might be interested to learn that there is an option in between Republican and Democrat which is considered "independent", not leaning to the left or right. There are even independent groups and organizations that exist to advocate for issues from an independent point of view.