Independents

Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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What prevents someone from affiliating with a political party? What is the ideology of an independent? And how can these voters exist in a two party system? Walking us through the world of the party outsiders is political scientist Samara Klar, head of IndependentVoting.org, Jacqueline Salit and president of New Hampshire Independent Voters, Tiani Coleman.

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.9	I want to run a super quick experiment on Unic.
0:08.5	All right, let me have it.
0:12.8	All right, for this to work, let's just say that you are either a Republican or you're a Democrat,
0:17.2	okay?
0:17.6	Hypocetically, okay, yeah.
0:19.7	You're moving into a new neighborhood and you're looking at two different houses.
0:24.8	One is next to a person who shares your party affiliation, okay?
0:29.2	Your neighbor is the same party as you.
0:31.9	The other house is next to someone who identifies as a member of the opposing party.
0:38.2	The house is being otherwise a like and dignity, which one do you pick?
0:43.8	Ah, this seems like you're pulling one over on me, but of course I would like to live
0:50.1	somebody who shares my party affiliation and beliefs.
0:53.4	Okay, now let's throw a third house into the mix.
0:58.0	But this house is next to an unaffiliated voter.
1:01.8	Someone who identifies as an independent, they don't have a party.
1:06.4	Does that change your pick?
1:09.0	Yeah, um, honestly, it does.
1:12.3	Because I feel like I could learn something from that person and dust about myself.
1:16.4	Why do you ask?
1:21.1	If there's one thing the Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on,
1:24.5	it's that independence are the best.
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