independent voter

collocation in English

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independent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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voter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvəʊ.tər/us
/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a person who votes or who has a legal right to vote, especially in ...
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(Definition ofindependentandvoterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Regionally, the rise of theindependentvoterwas even more apparent.
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Critics claimed that theindependentvoteris merely a subset of the larger set of independents, which should also include non-voters.
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In recent years, independent voters have had a major impact on election results.
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Anindependentvotercan hand-pick a candidate based upon their positions on various issues rather than on their political party.
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But with the rise of theindependentvoterand no realigning election, scholars developed the theory of the dealigning election.
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For independent voters, there is little of the psychological attachment to a given party that would be expected to motivate the voter to cast a straight-party vote.
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They are, for example, independent voters.
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Higdon supports allowing independent voters to cast ballots in major party primary elections.
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Secondly, in the open primary moderates and independent voters can vote in either party.
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Political parties have adapted to the realities of large numbers of independent voters, it is argued.
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The party itself is designed to draw independent voters and allows nonaffiliated voters to vote in its primary elections, the only significant party in the state to do so.
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Neither held a majority of the burgages, and there were still a fair number of independent voters.
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This sets up a race between two self-described political outsiders with well-known-in-state political family names, each seeking to reach moderate and independent voters.
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In 1952, when modern polling on the issue began, the number of independent voters nationwide was 22 percent.
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These scholars argue that the surge in independent voters which began in the 1960s has ended, and that there are distinct signs that partisanship is on the rise again.
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These were effective in capturing independent voters.
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It has also been suggested that the more independent voters, the more volatile elections and the political system will be.
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