Thread: Tell me about the Independent Party

Checking Independent is also a handy way to get out of the republican/democrat mailbox spam that comes in around voting time.

Originally Posted by Alric

Non-affiliated is what you wanted. Though there is no harm. The only thing you are limited in voting for is for primaries, and that depends on your state. And if you were non-affiliated, you would likely be restricted from voting for primaries anyway.

The primaries is like a pre-election vote, to decide who the party wants to support in an upcoming election. So if you are a republican you vote in the republican primary to decide who the republicans will put on the ballot. The same goes for the democrat.

In the actual election itself, you are allowed to vote on everything, and there are no limits. If you are registered democrat, you could vote all republicans if you want. There is really no difference. So no harm done. If you feel like it, you can register non-affiliate next time you have the chance, but its not a big deal if you don't.

Although my question sort of remains unanswered, this was still helpful, thank you.

Originally Posted by Xei

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If you don't agree with either the Republicans or Democrats... either don't vote, or vote for a candidate with policies that you like. Don't just vote for a random party..? :l

I said I hold beliefs from both sides and I just want to know what classifies someone as an Independent so that I'm not making a mistake when registering. I never said anything about voting for a random party...

Originally Posted by ninja9578

There is no "Independent Party." Being an independent means that you're not registered with a party. My voter registration card calls it "no affiliation"

But then why did I get information that says Independents believe in the God protecting the constitution and stuff like that? I thought they were just unaffiliated, like you said. I hope your right.

Originally Posted by Akono

Checking Independent is also a handy way to get out of the republican/democrat mailbox spam that comes in around voting time.

Lol, well there's still the other ads about propositions.

Originally Posted by louie54

But then why did I get information that says Independents believe in the God protecting the constitution and stuff like that? I thought they were just unaffiliated, like you said. I hope your right.

Uhm, then I guess a group of wackos just took the name Independent. When most people tell you they are independent, they mean unaffiliated. I'm an independent, but I know that there is no such thing as "god."