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      The Independent Voter

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      The Independent Voter book

      The Independent Voter

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      The Independent Voter book

      ByThom Reilly, Omar H. Ali, Jacqueline S. Salit
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2022
      eBook Published 27 September 2022
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 192
      eBook ISBN 9781003240808
      Subjects Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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      Reilly, T., Ali, O.H., & Salit, J.S. (2022). The Independent Voter (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003240808

      ABSTRACT

      Independent voters are increasing in number and impact with every election and made a key difference in 2020 at both the presidential and Congressional levels. This book looks at who these voters are, what they want, and how they are transforming the political landscape in the United States. Drawing on historical and contemporary data (including survey data, participant observation, interviews, and current writings and scholarship), and providing timely new analysis, the authors argue that contemporary independents perceive and participate in elections differently from partisan loyalists. Rather than “leaning” left or right, Democratic or Republican, these voters vary from place to place, in race and ethnicity, and in youthful engagement that eschews party identification and demands a different kind of political culture. For a wide variety of audiences, this book gives students, scholars, campaign professionals, activists, and media analysts insight into voting dynamics today.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      About The Authors

      Preface

      Foreword 

      Andrew Yang

      Introduction

      Chapter One: Who Is the Independent Voter?

      Chapter Two: Independents in American History

      Chapter Three: Independent Voter or Shadow Partisans?

      Chapter Four: Independents and Their Uses of Power

      Chapter Five: Can Independents be Key to Bridging the Political Divide?

      Chapter Six: Free the Voters: The Legal Barriers and Biases Against Independents

      Chapter Seven: Independents Speak: "We’re Not a Party. We’re a Mindset"

      Chapter Eight: What Binds Independents Together

      Chapter Nine: Democracy’s Dilemma

      Chapter Ten: Developing Democracy

      Afterword 

       Jessie Fields

      Timeline

      References

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