A lot of people call themselves “politically homeless.” Often this phrase is uttered or tweeted in sadness — a lamentation that one’s former political home no longer feels like home. Ronald Reagan famously said “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.” While Reagan then joined the Republican Party, the politically homeless don’t feel the alternative parties are a fitting home for them.

But there’s an unstated premise there that should be questioned: Should normal people feel like any political party is any sort of “home?”