Talk:Independent voter

message: In the US, independent voters are allowed to vote in some primary elections- it varies from state to state. Forming an independent party would definately not guarantee independents the oppurtunity to participate in primaries which they are currently barred from. If the Anon who made this claim knows something that I don't, they should back it up with sources. For now I will remove it as I believe it is simply untrue. J. Tyler 05:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Independents in Primary Elections

message: I don't think it should include unenrolled. The concept of an independent voter is not just American one. It's especially misleading considering there are 'Chapters' of unenrolled voters. One would consider independents not associated with any form of political organisation wouldn't they? Anyway, I think this needs to be discussed. Shudda 13:03, 6 April 2006 (+13GMT)
*I don't believe it should include Unenrolled either. Unenrolled is merely a really obscure synonym for independent (I've never heard it outside wikipedia). There really should be just one article for independent voters and it should be this one. J. Tyler 00:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, don't merge it. Especially since there is a line on unenrolled that says that unenrolled voters typically vote for a Republican or a Democrat after weighing the options. I do not believe this to be true of independents. Tromboneguy0186 06:25, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't think society as a whole understands the difference between independent and unaffiliated, in fact my experience is that unless you are a Democrat or a Republican, people  see you as independent/unaffiliated.  I wish I had a nickel for every time I fillwed out a form that asked for my party and I had to write it in -- scratching out "independent" (most forms give you three choices, Democrat, Republican, or Independent).  I am also unsure why anyone would care what party I was in (BTW, I am in one of the many "third parties" in America, which is math beyond anyone's understanding).  In the Commonwealth of Virginia, where I live, no party is on our registration so there are no records of our party -- I guess that means all 6 million or so of us are unaffiliated.  NB: The USA is not a democracy, it's a consitutional republic. Bogomir Kovacs (talk) 19:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging with Unenrolled 

message: Unenrolled should not be merged with Independent voter. There is a distinct difference between those who are undecided or unenrolled and those who are registered Independents.
Those who are undecided or unenrolled are undecided. Those who are registered independents have made a decision and they choose to retain individual thought, as well as vote for any candidate of ANY party (or independent) that they individually feel is the right choice.
Unenrolled is completely different than Independent.  Can't imagine why anyone would want to merge these.Fl295 00:12, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Unenrolled 

message: Why is there a link to an independent party?  Isn't that an oxymoron? Josh Parris#: 06:24, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oxymoron or not, there are parties with "Independent" or "Independence" in their name.  We can't decide what others choose to call themselves. SlowJog (talk) 21:35, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independent party 

message: Despite previously running as a democrat, Senator Joe Liebrman ran as an independent in the latest midterm elections. Shouldn't we include Senator Joe Lieberman as an independent as well? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.113.139.23 (talk) 22:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  1 out of the 535 members of Congress? 

message: Hi Everyone:)
My name is RP. I wrote the following sections to Independent voter: sections on Myth of Independent voter, Attitudinal Independent, Behavioral Independent, the Impact of the Independent voter in U.S. electoral system. All information from Party Politics in America by Majorie Randon Hershey. This is for a school project, so if you could not delete these sections or dramatically edit the above mentioned sections for just a few weeks, I would greatly appreciate it. I wrote a [1] in brackets next to all of my written text to indicate that this information is derived from the source listed as number one under the "Source List". All of the information comes from Party Politics in America by Majorie Randon Hershey. Thanks again Rpchristiano 03:57, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added sections on Myth of Independent voter, Attitudinal Independent, Behavioral Independent, the Impact of the Independent voter in U.S. electoral system.  

message: Can somebody clarify the distinction between independent voter, unaffiliated voter, and swinging voter? Should the articles be merged? 203.173.46.125 10:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independent, Unaffiliated, and Swinging Voters 

message: This article needs a ridiculous amount of work. I hope someone will fix it. Timneu22 (talk) 13:57, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  CLEANUP! 

message: "Unsigned" and "Tim1965",
Your ad hominem attacks against my contributions to this article are despicable. Deleting the contributions is fine, that's your right. You do not have the right, however, to engage in personal and childish attacks against an individual you do not even know. My research was from numerous studies documented in Political Science Journals.
I am a Political Scientist,I am a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, as an undergraduate. An honor not often given to undergraduate students. I can e- mail both of you my membership credentials in this elite national honor society, and my degree as proof to counter "unsigned's" claim that this person, "needs to do a little political science reading".
Such personal attacks demonstrate your lack of intellectual curiosity and integrity. I happen to be an Independent, I am a member of CUIP, and I subscribe to The Neo Independent, therefore, my knowledge of the Independent political movement/philosophy is well versed. I was in no way 'attacking' Independents.
Rpchristiano (talk) 23:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AD HOMINEM ATTACKS 

message: "An independent voter register as an unaffiliated voter in the United States" -- that doesn't make sense, but I'm not sure how to correct it. Is what's tried to be said "An independent voter, registered as an unaffiliated voter, in the United States"? ProfessorTofty (talk) 06:50, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *I fixed it.  It looks like a bad edit or vandalism occurred on the way and the original sentence got messed up. - Tim1965 (talk) 16:33, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead sentence 

message: Unenrolled voter describes the exact same thing as Independent voter -- the legal terminology is simply different from state to state. Both mean that the voter does not wish to be affiliated, at least on the registration rolls, with a political party. In Massachusetts they say "unenrolled" to mean the exact same thing as what Rhode Islanders call "unaffiliated" and most of the rest of the USA calls small-i "independent". That page ought to be merged into this one, as a section labeled "Terminology" dealing with the different names in different states (and, in the bargain, also dealing with the difference between true "independents" and the proliferation of "Independent Party" third parties). ``` t b w i l l i e ` $1.25 ` 04:12, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: *I agree with that. - Tim1965 (talk) 15:02, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

text: *I agree with that as long as Unenrolled voter and Unaffiliated voter are both maintained as redirects and each of the two terms is bold-faced in context in the intro and given its own section in the body if necessary. Swliv (talk) 01:46, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

text: I don't know much on the subject and I won't pretend to but it sounds to me like voting independent means a registered voter may vote for either party whereas unenrolled is simply not being registered to vote, broadly speaking. It does seem like in the US, they're one in the same. That's just my two cents. 69.244.229.106 (talk) 11:39, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

text: Closing, given that this is a stale discussion with no consensus and unopposed (if weak) opposition. Klbrain (talk) 10:23, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal: [[Unenrolled voter]]