(02-06-2017, 11:45 PM)Rebeltopia Wrote: Classifying them as 'friends deciding on who to vote for' amounts more to cliques than parties... There has always been talk amongst friends, but to politicize that, and allow it to determine the outcome of an election before the perverbial ink is dry on the campaigns is crazy.

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There has always been more than talk amongst friends. There has been much more.

At the end of the day, no one is stopping you from creating a party. Now parties make all that backdoor clique-ishness transparent and open. So yes, those used to just getting what they wanted privately now have to deal with a system that wants some form of transparency and may even require you to work with people outside your normal clique.