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Nonpartisanship , also known as nonpartisanism , is a lack of affiliation with a political party and a lack of political bias . [ 1 ] The absence of political bias can be measur...

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Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with a political party and a lack of political bias.[1] The absence of political bias can be measured in comparison to the median voter.[2]

While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of partisan includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc.,[3] in most cases, nonpartisan refers specifically to political party connections rather than being the strict antonym of "partisan".[4][5][6]

Canada

In Canada, the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut are the only bodies at the provincial/territorial level that are currently nonpartisan; they operate on a consensus government system. The autonomousNunatsiavut Assembly operates similarly on a sub-provincial level.

India

In India, the Jaago Re! One Billion Votes campaign was a non-partisan campaign initiated by Tata Tea, and Janaagraha to encourage citizens to vote in the 2009 Indian general election. The campaign was a non-partisan campaign initiated by Anal Saha.

Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, nonpartisanship applies to the highest offices of government. The president and the Senate are legally nonpartisan, and the president is barred from holding party membership while in office.[7]Akims (regional, city, and district heads) and their deputies are also prohibited from holding formal positions in party structures.[8] While national or local election candidates may still receive backing from public associations or political parties, their affiliation nor endorsement does not formally appear on the forms of ballot papers.[9]

Philippines

Barangay elections, elections to the lowest political subdivision, the barangay (transl. village), is mandated by law to be nonpartisan and be inexpensive. However, candidates have recently began to be members of political parties, undermining the nonpartisan nature of the election.[10]

United States

El historiador Sean Wilentz sostiene que, desde el discurso de despedida de George Washington hasta el discurso del senador Barack Obama en la convención nacional demócrata de 2004, los políticos han instado a los estadounidenses a trascender los partidos. Wilentz denomina a esto el estilo pospartidista y argumenta que «la corriente antipartidista es, por definición, antidemocrática, ya que los partidos políticos han sido los únicos vehículos electorales fiables para promover las ideas e intereses de los votantes comunes». [ 11 ] Sin embargo, las elecciones no partidistas son bastante comunes a nivel local, principalmente en un esfuerzo por evitar que los asuntos nacionales se mezclen con los locales. [ 12 ]

Actualmente, las elecciones municipales y del condado , especialmente para las juntas escolares , suelen ser no partidistas , y también son comunes en la elección de jueces. La legislatura unicameral de Nebraska es la única legislatura estatal oficialmente no partidista; además, el Fono bicameral de Samoa Americana es la única legislatura territorial oficialmente no partidista.

Aunque las elecciones pueden ser oficialmente apartidistas, en algunas (generalmente en ciudades o condados grandes, así como en la legislatura unicameral de Nebraska) se conocen las afiliaciones partidistas de los candidatos, sobre todo por los grupos que los respaldan (por ejemplo, un candidato respaldado por un sindicato estaría generalmente afiliado al Partido Demócrata, mientras que un candidato respaldado por una coalición empresarial estaría generalmente afiliado al Partido Republicano). [ 13 ]

Iglesias y otras organizaciones 501(c)(3)

Las iglesias y organizaciones benéficas en Estados Unidos se constituyen principalmente bajo las regulaciones de la sección 501(c)(3) del código tributario del Servicio de Impuestos Internos de EE. UU . para organizaciones sin fines de lucro. Para mantener dicha exención fiscal y la posibilidad de que los donantes obtengan una deducción de impuestos, deben mantener una postura imparcial. [ 14 ]

Esto ha llevado a algunos a cuestionar la capacidad de las organizaciones que aparentan ser partidistas.

The Brookings Institution is a Washington, D.C. think tank and 501(c)(3) non-profit, nonpartisan organization. Since its founding in 1916, it has had both identifiable Republicans and Democrats among its leadership. Owing to leadership changes such as this, some argue that it is a good example of a nonpartisan organization. The New York Times has at times listed the organization as being liberal, liberal-centrist, centrist, and conservative.[15][16][17][18][19] In 2008, The New York Times published an article where it referred to the "conservative Brookings Institution".[15]

Nonpartisan League

In the Progressive Era, the Nonpartisan League was an influential socialist political movement, especially in the Upper Midwest, particularly during the 1910s and 1920s. It also contributed much to the ideology of the former Progressive Party of Canada. It went into decline and merged with the Democratic Party of North Dakota to form the North Dakota Democratic–NPL Party in 1956.

Milwaukee

In the history of Milwaukee, the "Nonpartisans" were an unofficial but widely recognized coalition of Republicans and Democrats who cooperated in an effort to keep Milwaukee's Sewer Socialists out of as many offices as possible, including in elections which were officially non-partisan, but in which Socialists and "Nonpartisans" were clearly identified in the press.[20] (Such candidates were sometimes called "fusion" candidates.[21]) This lasted from the 1910s[22] well into the 1940s. (The similar effort in 1888 to prevent Herman Kroeger's election as a Union Labor candidate had been conducted under the banner of a temporary "Citizen's Party" label.[23]) During the period of Socialist-Progressive cooperation (1935–1941), the two sides were called "Progressives" and "Nonpartisans".[24]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^The Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines nonpartisan as: Not partisan; free from party affiliation, bias, or designation. "Webster: Nonpartisan". Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. ^Puglisi, Riccardo; Snyder, James M. (2015). "The Balanced US Press". Journal of the European Economic Association. 13 (2): 240–264. doi:10.1111/jeea.12101. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ^Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd. ed, partisan
  4. ^"Cambridge Dictionary - nonpartisan". Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ^"Macmillan Dictionary - nonpartisan". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. ^"American Heritage Dictionary - nonpartisanCollins English Dictionary - nonpartisanWebsters College Dictionary - nonpartisan". Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. ^Gotev, Georgi (3 November 2017). "Kazakhstan, a fledgling democracy bent on 'stability'". Euractiv. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  8. ^"Kazakh President lays out constitutional reforms following January unrest". Euractiv. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  9. ^Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (23 August 2018). On approval of the form of ballot papers for voting on elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament and Maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan elected on party lists, deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament and Maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan elected on single-mandate territorial constituencies, akims of districts, cities of regional significance, cities of district significance, villages, settlements, rural districts (No. 11/192) (in Kazakh). Astana. 124544. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via "Adilet" LIS.
  10. ^Bordey, Hana (15 June 2023). "Comelec: Keep barangay polls non-partisan". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  11. ^p. 28
  12. ^Sean Wilentz (2016). The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics. W. W. Norton. p. 45. ISBN 9780393285017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  13. ^Steffen Schmidt (2007). American Government and Politics Today - Texas Edition, 2007-2008. Cengage Learning. p. 850. ISBN 978-0495392026. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  14. ^Eyes wide shut: The ambiguous "political activity" prohibition and its effects on 501(c)(3) organizations, Houston Business and Tax JournalArchived 2 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, by Amelia Elacqua, 2008, pages 118, 119 and 141, referenced 16 February 2012
  15. ^ abGlaberson, William (16 November 2008). "Closing Guantánamo may not be easy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  16. ^Next Generation of Conservatives (By the Dormful)Archived 15 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine by Jason DeParle, New York Times, 14 June 2005
  17. ^Silicon Valley's New Think Tank Stakes Out 'Radical Center'Archived 7 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine by Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 15 May 1999
  18. ^ECONOMIC VIEW; Friedman And Keynes, Trading PedestalsArchived 7 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine by Tom Redburn, New York Times, 24 September 2000
  19. ^Marshall A. Robinson, 83, Former Foundation Chief, DiesArchived 18 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine by Wolfgang Saxon, New York Times, 13 January 2006
  20. ^"School Board Returns Even: Both Nonpartisans and Socialists Pick Five Candidates Each" Milwaukee Journal 18 March 1931; p. 1, col. 7
  21. ^"Fusion In Many Districts; Old Parties Unite On Legislative Candidates" Milwaukee Journal 1 November 1918; p. 9, col. 2
  22. ^Avella, Steven M. Milwaukee Catholicism: Essays on Church and Community Milwaukee: Milwaukee Knights of Columbus, 1991; pp. 43–44
  23. ^Wells, Robert W. This Is Milwaukee New York: Doubleday, 1970; p. 169
  24. ^Cibulka, James G. and Olson, Frederick I. "The Organization of the Milwaukee Public School System" in Seeds of Crisis: Public Schooling in Milwaukee since 1920 Rury, John L. and Cassell, Frank A., eds. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993; p. 104

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  • Charles Edward Russell (1920). The story of the Nonpartisan League: a chapter in American evolution. Harper & Brothers. Retrieved 25 January 2012 – via Internet Archive. Nonpartisan.
  • Albert Breton (28 September 1998). Competitive Governments: An Economic Theory of Politics and Public Finance. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521646284. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  • Joan Campbell (3 June 1944). European labor unions. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313263712. Retrieved 25 January 2012.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
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