Although I have been voting for 4+ decades. I have never been a member of any political party, mostly because no party has a monopoly on talent or ideas.  Some parties are so focused on one kind of issue or membership that they have no broad appeal and, instead, marginalize themselves.  For example, did you notice that the GOP inauguration party pictured here was attended almost exclusively by white people?  I haven't seen such racial homogeneity since growing up on the mainland 50 years ago.  If I wanted to associate only with other Caucasians, I could have just stayed there!