e/Independent (voter)

Information
has gloss	eng: An independent may be variously defined as a voter who votes for candidates and 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.
lexicalization	eng: Independent voter
lexicalization	eng: independent
instance of	c/American political terms

Meaning
Japanese
has gloss	jpn: 無党派（むとうは）とは特定の政党の思想に属していないこと。公職議員や首長が党派に即していない場合は主に無所属といい、一般的に無党派は公職選挙における有権者をさすことが多い。この場合、無党派層（NHKでは支持なし層）ともいう。
lexicalization	jpn: 無党派