“I just think that the independent voters are going to take their time and look at both candidates.” ThinkingLooksIndependentCandidatesVotersIndependent Voters Author:Jim Talent
“I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am a registered independent because I find that I cast my votes not on the basis of party loyalty but on the issues of the moment and my assessment of the candidates.” MomentsPoliticsPartyIssuesRepublicanVoteBasesIndependentDemocratCastsLoyaltyCandidatesAssessment Author:Walter Cronkite
“As much as I cherish your [McCarthy's] right to a platform as an independent candidate I am not going to sit here quietly and listen to you denigrate the two party system. It has served our country well over the last two hundred years.” YearsWellsTwoCountryLastsPartyHundredIndependentOur CountryCandidatesCherishPlatformsAmerican PoliticsTwo Party System Author:John Anderson
“And I'll tell you another thing, you won't find any candidate that supports prayer in school and gay marriage. For that reason alone, people should vote for an independent-thinking person.” PeopleThinkingShouldPersonsReasonSchoolPrayerSupportGayVoteIndependentCandidatesGay MarriageIndependent ThinkingThinking PersonPrayer In School Author:Kinky Friedman
“I think in terms of who can be trusted, I think the evidence is clear that there has been no candidate that I have ever seen who lies more often than does Donald Trump. I mean and that's just not me saying it, that's what any independent media analysis has shown. So in terms of trust, you really can't trust a word, I think, that Mr. Trump has to say.” ThinkingMeanDoeHas BeensLyingTermClearMediaTrumpEvidenceIndependentAnalysisCandidatesTrustedIndependent Media Author:Bernie Sanders
“Work can be undertaken to create an authentic independent political party, a real party, based on popular participation from the ground up, not a top-down candidate producing organization like the two official parties, working from school boards to state legislatures and beyond. Not easy in the regressive U.S. political system, but not impossible.” TwoRealStatesSchoolPoliticalEasyPartyImpossibleOrganizationIndependentBoardsOfficialsCandidatesParticipationPolitical PartiesLegislaturePolitical SystemsTop DownState LegislaturesSchool Board Author:Noam Chomsky
“Donald Trump is an independent presidential candidate who ran on the Republican label. He really did. He took it over. He transformed it into his image, in his likeness.” TrumpRepublicanIndependentLabelsPresidentialRanCandidatesTransformedPresidential Candidate Author:Mark Shields
“I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.” LooksI CanMatterPoliticsPartyIssuesVoteIndependentNo Matter WhatCarefulLabelsCandidatesCall Me Author:Jackie Robinson
“The Republican party is the party of nostalgia. It seeks to return America to a simpler, more innocent and moral past that never actually existed. The Democrats are utopians. They seek to create an America so fair and non-judgmental that life becomes an unbearable series of apologies. Together, the two parties function like giant down comforters, allowing a candidate to disappear into the enveloping softness, protecting them from exposure to the harsh weather of independent thought.” TwoTogetherAmericaPastPartyMoralReturnRepublicanFairsFunctionIndependentSeriesDemocratDisappearNostalgiaInnocentWeatherGiantsCandidatesAllowingApologyHarshRepublican PartyExposureUnbearableJudgmentalSoftnessIndependent ThoughtComforterNon Judgmental Author:Jon Stewart