I also decided not to register based on this requirement alone. It's not that I mind sharing my political view, or am perturbed that you asked. I simply do not identify with either party and was frustrated that I would be forced to classify my world view into a completely inappropriate selection. If you had listed libertarian, I would have selected that and not thought twice. Of course, there are plenty more political views beyond those 3.
I was surprised that so many people were thrown off by this. We want to do more cool visualizations in the future with this sort of data.
We'll make a decline to disclose at one point. Sorry about that.
It's not the fact that I care that people know which political party I choose to affiliate myself with, it's the fact that there is no apparent way to not choose. I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, don't force me to choose. A "decline" or "other" choice would solve this nicely.
Fair enough. I apologize -- we didn't think about this enough and will change it this weekend. Thanks for the feedback.
i'd suggest both an "other" and "decline to state" choice. or go crazy and include Libertarian, Tea Party, Green, and Working Families Party as well!