It may or may not be: it depends on the study.
In a study of how people intend to vote in an election, the political affiliation would be an independent variable - although probably very highly correlated with the voting intention.
On the other hand in the study of the political affiliation of the people who voted in favour of (or against) a particular person, it will be a dependent variable.
independent
a independent variable is a variable changed in a science experiment,and a dependent variable is the result according to the cause of the change in the independent variable.
The dependent variable depends on the independent variable for its values as for example in the straight line equation: y = 2x+1 It is y that is the dependent variable and x the independent variable.
no, sweetheart-and no I'm not an adult. an independent variable is something that changes in an experiment
Typically the horizontal axis represents the independent variable.
He has stated in an interview with the Washingtonian that he is an independent.
Yes, party affiliation falls under qualitative variable as it represents a characteristic or category that cannot be measured numerically. It is a categorical variable that describes political allegiance rather than a numerical value.
he has no political affiliation
She does not belong to any party, her office is independent of political affiliation.
His political affiliation is unknown.
There are currently only two fully-independent (having no political affiliation) Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.
their political party affiliation
What has political affiliation has to do with Murder rates???
The independent variable.
Changes in the independent variable are independent of changes in any other variable,
The independent variable.
the dependent variable changes with the independent variable. the independent variable only changes when changed by the experimenter. Time is usually an independent variable.