{"id":329,"date":"2024-10-09T16:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=329"},"modified":"2025-12-30T21:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:45:33","slug":"independents","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/chapter\/independents\/","title":{"rendered":"5.11 Political Independents in Ohio"},"content":{"raw":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">In Ohio, many voters are increasingly identifying as political independents rather than labeling themselves a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">Republican or Democrat<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">. Being <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW139385458 BCX0\">an independent<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\"> means evaluating candidates and issues based on personal beliefs and values, rather than adhering strictly to a party<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">s platform. This trend reflects a desire for greater flexibility in political choices and a focus on individual issues over party loyalty.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW139385458 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>","rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">In Ohio, many voters are increasingly identifying as political independents rather than labeling themselves a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">Republican or Democrat<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">. Being <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW139385458 BCX0\">an independent<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\"> means evaluating candidates and issues based on personal beliefs and values, rather than adhering strictly to a party<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139385458 BCX0\">s platform. This trend reflects a desire for greater flexibility in political choices and a focus on individual issues over party loyalty.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW139385458 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"menu_order":11,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-329","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":42,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/329\/revisions\/2988"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/42"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/329\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}