At the point where you&#x27;ve picked a party, you&#x27;ve picked a side all by yourself.<p>For example, knowing that someone is a self-described &quot;American republican&quot; in 2016 doesn&#x27;t let me know if they are a good person or a bad person, but it does let me know that abortion rights for women isn&#x27;t one of their main priorities.<p>The goal is not to do away with categorization&#x2F;heuristics entirely. It&#x27;s to continually revise and improve them. Political party affiliation is on a whole different ballpark than race.