blue shift en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈbluː.ʃɪft/
Etymology
From blue + shift, referring to the Democratic Party's political color, in the case of the first sense.
Meanings
- (US, uncountable) An observed phenomenon in which an apparent early Republican lead after the polls close on the night of an election is diminished by the counting of mail-in ballots later in the evening or in the days after Election Day.
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of blueshift.
alt of blueshift