No, not in the US at least.
Independent means you have not registered as a voter for a particular political party and tend not to vote for the same party election after election.
Apolitical means completely disengaged, and probably doesn’t vote at all.
No. Independent means you’re not sure which side of the table you’re going to sit on today, while apolitical means you aren’t at the table at all (and thus you are on the menu, as the saying goes).
As others are saying it’s definitely NOT the same thing, but that doesn’t mean that apolitical people aren’t incorrectly calling themselves Independents.
No, I’m registered as no party because I’m more progressive than Democrats but do follow politics and vote. I think almost 1/3 of my state don’t belong to a political party.
Apolitical people probably don’t even register to vote.
Lot of good information, but I have a clarification. Independent actually means you’re a Republican in hiding.
Typically reserved only for lying con artists. See Fetterman for example.
And a Democrat in hiding. They are a triple quadruple agent who votes based on their beliefs rather than a party name. It’s some crazy shit.
If there is a chance that you share beliefs with a Republican then I’ve got some bad news for you.
If you like cheese does that make you a Packers football fan? What if you also like purple? Does that make you a Vikings fan instead?
I’m confused, you say you can’t be both and also say you have to be one, so which is true for this example? Is this person a Vikings fan or Packers fan? (U.S. football analogy)
We’re not talking about football, we’re talking about Nazis and fascists. Fuck you for your false equivalence.
Right… Because every single Republican position is Nazi ideology. Like… small government. Nazi’s were notoriously small government… Right? Talk about false equivalencies, have you looked in a mirror?
You know what was a Nazi position? Socialized healthcare. Does that mean Democrats are the Nazi party?
Republicans don’t believe in small government.
Between Democrats and Republicans, which one has the ideology of small government? Not what they do, what is the official rhetoric? I have never in my life heard that be a Democrat position but I have certainly heard it as a Republican position.
Not that it matters, I’m sure I could find a different example if what I said doesn’t make sense unless it’s an ideology you accept as Republican.
Or, you agree with George Washington that partisan politics was the stupidest thing this country could ever do.
Or, your religion forbids you from engaging in partisan politics.
The long con
Lol. Dude was arrested during civil rights protests. He’s not good at hiding if that’s the long con. 🙄
oh yeah? what’s he been convicted of?
bet he’s not a child rapist like yo boy trumpy
Does nobody understand sarcasm? Twinklebreeze said all independents are secret republicans. Godric says if that’s the case, Sanders is playing a very long game.
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