» This article is about the political science term. For an article about the United States tax and election law designation, see Nonpartisan (American organizations) In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event or organization in which the participants don't declare or don't formally have a political party affiliation. Some nonpartisan organizations are truly such; others are nominally nonpartisan but in fact are generally identifiable with a political party. United States of… (More on Nonpartisan)