• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    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.

  • cattywampas@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    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.

  • DoubleDongle@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    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).

  • Twinklebreeze @lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Lot of good information, but I have a clarification. Independent actually means you’re a Republican in hiding.