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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; [1] a voter who does not have long-standing loyalty to, or identification ...
Since this is a "preference" and not a declaration of party membership, candidates can assert party affiliation without the party's approval or use alternate terms for a given party. Gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi's 2008 stated preference was for the "GOP Party", although he is a prominent Republican. [19]
indicates that the party or candidate was listed on the ballot, but votes for them were considered spoiled due to lawsuits. Parties which did not field candidates for president and parties without presidential ballot access are not included in this table.
Johnston said any registered voter without a party preference that would like to vote on a Green, Republican, or Peace and Freedom ballot with that party's presidential candidate must re-register ...
The presidential primary is fast approaching, with ballots being delivered now for the March 12 voting deadline. But some are confused as to why ballots are asking for party affiliation.
Compared to just before the 2020 presidential primary, California today has about 500,000 more Republicans, 1.4 million more Democrats, 400,000 more third-party voters — and 500,000 fewer “no ...
The Alliance Party received 88,236 votes for president in 2020. [177] It and its affiliates are ballot-qualified in Alaska, Connecticut, and South Carolina. [190] [191] [192] The Alliance Party of South Carolina nominated Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for its ballot line, but he later withdrew his name from the ballot in South Carolina.
The Senate elected Johnson as vice president anyway after a party-line vote. Uniquely, Richard Nixon always had a faithless elector in one of his state slates during his three runs for President. Oklahoma in 1960, North Carolina in 1968 and Virginia in 1972 all voted for Nixon but one elector cast a vote for another person.