independent

Political Science

(noun)

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.

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Statistics

(adjective)

Not contingent or dependent on something else.

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(adjective)

Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.

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Finance

(adjective)

not contingent or depending on something else

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Examples of independent in the following topics:

  • Winning Independence

  • Calls for Independence

  • Moroccan Independence

  • Independence from Belgium

  • Ataturk and Turkish Independence

  • The Indian Independence Movement

  • Independence in Indochina

  • The Rise of Independents

    • Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties.
    • In 2008, Independent Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader formed Independent parties in New Mexico, Delaware, and elsewhere to gain ballot access in several states.
    • Vermont senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party to become an Independent in 2001.
    • In November 2005, Manny Diaz was elected Mayor of Miami, Florida as an Independent.
    • Describe independent voters in U.S. politics and the history of independents elected to national, regional and local offices

  • The Declaration of Independence

    • The Declaration of Independence was a letter to the king explaining why the colonies were separating from Britain.
    • The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire .
    • A committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence.
    • After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms.
    • Explain the major themes and ideas espoused by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

  • Independent Events

    • Two events A and B are independent if the knowledge that one occurred does not affect the chance the other occurs.
    • For example, the outcomes of two roles of a fair die are independent events.
    • To show two events are independent, you must show only one of the above conditions.
    • If two events are NOT independent, then we say that they are dependent.
    • The events are considered to be dependent or not independent.