Voting to a different drummer

When Randy Stiefer steps out of his big-rig truck, people might guess that the 6-foot, 5-inch, 300-pound Corcoran man is a Rush Limbaugh-loving conservative who can't stand tree-hugging liberals. They would be wrong, because the 36-year-old Stiefer is a tree hugger and a member of the Green Party. "I'm a strong environmental activist," Stiefer said. "I see the Republicans and Democrats as like two sides of the same coin. They both are very corporate-minded." Then there are voters like Byron Dallas -- a nurse who believes that when it comes to politics, people don't need government to hold their hand. Dallas is a Libertarian, which puts him at odds with both Republican and Democratic policies that give government a big role in people's lives.