Can a political party refuse a candidate?

Under the California Constitution, political parties may formally nominate candidates for party-nominated/partisan offices at the primary election. However, a political party may authorize a person who has declined to disclose a party preference to vote in that party’s primary election.

What president won as an Independent?

Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party, was the 13th President of the United States (1850-1853) and the last President not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.

Is it possible for an independent candidate to win the presidency?

So yes, it is possible for an independent candidate to win the U.S. Presidency. Really, the two-party system chokes out political debate in this country. Candidates running for one of the two parties have to strictly toe the party line or get tossed out in the primaries, which stymies political debate in this country.

Would you like to see a president without a party affiliation?

The only technically independent President of the US was George Washington. I would love to see a president without party affiliation, but with the current state of campaign contribution law, I don’t think there is any real chance for an independent candidate to take on either major party.

Is it time for an independent to push through?

Still, with 42 percent of Americans now identifying as Independents, according to a 2014 Gallup poll, if there ever was a time for an Independent to push through, it’d be now. And forget history. If you really think about it, we’ve already had an Independent president, and he ended up becoming one of the most revered leaders we’ve ever seen.

Is America’s political process governing without consent?

We cannot continue to have a political process that most Americans say governs without their consent. The rejection of the Democratic and Republican parties and their presidential candidates casts the shadow of a true political crisis across America. The first, urgent step is to open up the final fall debates beyond the nominees of the two parties.

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