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Sanders was the first independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since Frazier Reams of Ohio won his second term in 1952, as well as the first socialist elected to the House since Vito Marcantonio, from the American Labor Party, who won his last term in 1948.
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An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.
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- John Laloggia
- Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults (38%) identify as politically independent, but most “lean” toward one of the two major parties. Only 7% of Americans overall don’t express a partisan leaning, while 13% lean toward the Republican Party and 17% lean toward the Democratic Party.
- Independents who lean to one of the two parties are often much closer to partisans in their views than they are to independents who lean to the other party.
- On some issues, there are significant differences between leaners and partisans. Nearly six-in-ten Republican-leaning independents (59%), for example, currently favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, compared with 37% among Republican identifiers.
- Independents – particularly the 7% of Americans who don’t lean toward a party – are less politically engaged than partisans. In a survey conducted shortly after the November 2018 midterm election, just a third of those who don’t lean toward either party (33%) reported voting.
May 1, 2015 · Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is America's longest-serving independent politician in Congress. Updated: Aug 17, 2020.
Mar 14, 2019 · March 14, 2019. Political Independents: Who They Are, What They Think. Most ‘lean’ toward a party; ‘true’ independents tend to avoid politics. Independents often are portrayed as political free agents with the potential to alleviate the nation’s rigid partisan divisions.
- Sara Atske
Third-party and independent members of the United States Congress are generally rare. Although the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated U.S. politics in a two-party system since 1856, some independents and members of other political parties have also been elected to the House of Representatives or Senate, or changed their party ...
POLYAS Election Glossary. We provide explanations and background information on elections, voting rights and digital democracy. Independent Politician. An independent politician (sometimes known as a non-partisan politician) is someone who chooses to be involved in politics but not as a member of a political party.
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