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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. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore ...
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 ...
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This category has the following 56 subcategories, out of 56 total. * Independent members of the United States House of Representatives (2 C, 23 P) Independent state governors of the United States (39 P) Independent United States senators (11 P) +. Guamanian Independents (1 P) Alabama Independents (10 P) Alaska Independents (25 P)
Mar 14, 2019 · Pew Research Center 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.
- 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.
Oct 13, 2022 · But voter confidence in the two-party system has taken a marked turn in the 21st century, and today between 40% and 50% of the U.S. electorate – numbers that are growing – have rejected the norm. Independent voters are now the emerging power in American politics.
An independent voter, often also called an unaffiliated voter or non-affiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party. An independent is variously defined as a voter who votes for candidates on issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship; a voter who does not have ...
