Do you feel more loyal to your country or your state/region?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

CT is one of the 19 states that you cannot vote in the primary if you are an independent. They make you choose in order to participate.

Aah. NJ is the same way. But declaring affiliation is easy, you can do it at the polling station on election day. And you can send in a form the very next day switching right back to I if you like.

I understand though, it isn't as easy as it should be.

[sparkofcreation 0]

CT is one of the 19 states that you cannot vote in the primary if you are an independent. They make you choose in order to participate.

Aah. NJ is the same way. But declaring affiliation is easy, you can do it at the polling station on election day. And you can send in a form the very next day switching right back to I if you like.

I understand though, it isn't as easy as it should be.

In New Mexico you have to have changed your affiliation in writing (using a special form that's quite hard to find) by 6 weeks before the election. I would *love* to be back in New Jersey where you can change it on poll day!

[♥Sora_9_Dam3a♥ 0]

i absolutely LOVE new york city!

[Imua 0]

When I am overseas and people ask where I am from I always say 'Hawaii' - I was not born there but I spent the bulk of my childhood and young adulthood there so it will always be 'home' to me. It's very exciting seeing a fellow Punahou alum as a serious contender for the White House!!!

I also see Queens as home now too and don't even know if I would want to go back to Hawaii although I miss it terribly - I am too far gone into desi culture and Hawaii has almost none - can't live without good Indian food now!! I do love the cultural diversity of both places and can't imagine living in some white bread suburb.

[panamania79 2]

I was just saying I feel very deeply Minnesotan. I am certainly American, but it has less meaning for me, even while abroad. I find myself telling people about our winters and shoveling the driveway, about being one of the coldest metropolises in the world, about our beautiful summers. I've lived other places in the US, but my heart will always be in Minnesota.

Rey said he feels more paulista (from Sao Paulo state) than he feels Brazilian.

So how do you feel?

I am proud to be a Southern New Englander despite my dislike for the cold weather here.I am also proud of my Afro-Panamanian heritage.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I would *love* to be back in New Jersey where you can change it on poll day!

Come back! Corzine wants to either increase TPK and GSP tolls 50% every four years or hike the gas tax 18% over three years. Oh, and there's talk of eliminating our property tax rebates.

We'd love to have you back

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Interesting question - I am a Detroit girl through and through. I don't feel loyal to it or even love it, though I defend it!

I love so much about the US, but I have problems with stuff too.

At the end of the day, to quote Ferris Bueller via John Lennon, I just believe in me

[almaty 19]

state for me

[Jason-Sasha 1]

I'm American.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Insteresting poll. I probably mostly identify myself with my family, then the city I was born in, Tempe, then the town I grew up in, Gilbert, then the state, Arizona, then the region, Southwest, then the country.

[Alex+R 0]

LOL Someone voted for Minnesota. Yay!

[Marilyn. 340]

I put my country which is Canada but then I got to thinking after reading some posts that I guess I am more loyal to my family... and then my country....

[chri'stina 190]

I find it hard to answer. I grew up in FL but in an area where most ppl are from other places. So I don't feel the same as a FL native. I was born in Queens but wouldn't want to live in NYC. I'd love to visit, but not live anwhere so crowded and expensive. So maybe I should say country.

[Jon-n-Michelle 0]

I am loyal to my family. I live in Illinois, and I hate it and all the corruption, especially in the money-pit sometimes referred to as"Chicago". I served my country with honor, but yet they turn their backs on the veterans. I can't even get something as simple as "preferential service" on my Visa petition. I think that would be the LEAST my country could do for me. I still wear the scars, both physical and emotional from my service to them. When my children are grown and out of the nest, then I will be going into semi-retirement in the Philippines.

[William33 110]

I voted Country - USA.