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**NOTE: this really only applies to people who'd vote in Closed Primaries (meaning you have to vote for the representative in your registered party in a primary election)**

I was thinking about this last week and still haven't really come to a decision on my own as to whether or not there is solid logic to this idea.

I am a registered Democrat as I identify more with Democratic ideals. In the 2016 primary I voted for Bernie Sanders but as he lost I voted for Clinton in the general election. I think most Democrats and Republicans are this way in that, even if their preferred primary candidate lost they still vote for the representative of their party (not all but the vast majority vote this way).

So it made me think; would it make sense to register for the party I identify with least? For example: Let's say Jeb Bush to me represented the best Republican option for president (and this is not how i felt just a hypothetical). So if I was a registered Republican I'd have greater say in who represents the party that "doesn't represent me". Or even going a step further, you could influence the party you don't identify with to potentially create a better general election match-up for your party to win against (ex. rather than Trump v Clinton you could potentially get Carson v Clinton or Fiorina v Clinton which may provide an easier win for the party you really identify with to take the white house).

A clear flaw in this logic is, one person's vote doesn't dictate the outcome of an election to a great extent; however, if many people chose to vote this way it could perhaps have an impact. And on a local election voting level obviously votes have more weight

Interested in people's thoughts... Please feel free to rip my logic apart

time is yours...

Twice now since the year 2000. Two elections the candidate that got more votes across the country by citizens did not become president. Again it doesn't matter if you get more votes from Americans you only win if you get electoral votes.

The first time was in 2000 election (I and my family wanted Bush then FYI) and now again in 2016. So 40% of elections since the turn of the millennia have elected a president that more people voted against.

Let me put it another way. More Americans voted for Romney in 2012 than people voted for Trump in 2016. https://mic.com/articles/159032/how-donald-trump-won-fewer-votes-than-romney-or-mc-cain-but-still-won-the-election#.3ekU4HIPO