Independent voterAn independent voter, often also called an unaffiliated voter or non-affiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party. An independent is variously defined as a voter who votes for candidates on issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship; a voter who does not have long-standing loyalty to, or identification with, a political party; a voter who does not usually vote for the same political party from election to election; or a voter who self-describes as an independent.
Ballot accessElections in the United States refers to the rules and procedures regulating the conditions under which a candidate, political party, or ballot measure is entitled to appear on voters' ballots. As the nation's election process is decentralized by Article I, Section 4, of the United States Constitution, ballot access laws are established and enforced by the states. As a result, ballot access processes may vary from one state to another.
Jacksonian democracyJacksonian democracy was a 19th century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21, and restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation. The term itself was in active use by the 1830s.
Reductio ad Stalinumvignette|"Le dossier rouge du sénateur Claude Pepper" ; brochure publiée par son adversaire, George Smathers, visant à discréditer son opposant en l'accusant de "communisme" Le reductio ad Stalinum, parfois appelé appâtage rouge, est une intention de discréditer la validité d'un opposant politique et l'adversaire sans argument logique en accusant, dénonçant, attaquant ou persécutant l'individu ou le groupe cible comme anarchiste, communiste, marxiste, socialiste, stalinien, ou compagnons de route vers ces id
