independent voter
No party allegiance
An independent voter is someone who doesn't align with any political party, particularly in the United States where it means not registered as Democrat or Republican.
Independents may lean toward one party consistently or swing between them: Independent voters will decide this election.
The term suggests political autonomy, though many independents vote as predictably as party members.
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
- polling placeDesignated voting location
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- electionOrganized public voting
- votingFormally registering a choice
primary election · centrist · unaffiliated · constituent · undecided · political center · democracy · moderate · political engagement · free thinker · ticket splitting · suffrage · voting rights · electoral reform · electoral process · non-alignment · grassroots support · ranked choice
- election participantscandidate, elector, poll worker, delegate, nominee
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- votersvoters, likely voters, swing voters, registered voters, first-time voters
- fence sittersfence sitter, waverer, hesitator, ditherer, waffler
- primariesprimary election, primary elections, primaries, open primaries, primary ballot
independent voterideologue
Dogmatic political advocate
precinct captain · true believer · party hack · single-issue voter
independent, voter, independence, independently, dependence, dependent, depend, depending, depends