I ' m with you . Lifelong Democrat here , two time Obama voter . My parents worked on Carter ' s campaign in ' 76 . It ' s hard to turn my back on a party I ' ve been supporting my entire life , but in the end I simply had to ask myself , why am I doing this ? Moreover , what if anything has the party done to win my alleigance ? Nothing that I can see from here . I ' m a lowly white male , so my opinions are instantly discounted due to privilege and fuck me if I want to have any kind of issues related discussion with anyone from the party . I ' m not female or ethnic enough for most Democrats to give a shit what I have to say . I ' ve decribed being a white male in the Democratic party to be akin to holding the door open for a really long line of people . Gotta let all the women through first , all the gays , and of course every flavor of humanity before plain old vanilla me can actually get through the door . I ' m not going to spend my life waiting , and holding back so that someone who isn ' t me can get a shot . It may sound selfish , but fuck all those other groups . They ' ve had their chances to get it right . Now it ' s my turn .