swing voter en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person who does not always vote for the same political party, but usually decides on the basis of specific policies.
As long as a conservative politician doesn’t break the law, or threaten the constitutional order, they can get away with more strident policies and rhetoric than a swing voter might have tolerated a decade ago.
2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swing voters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (5)
fi liikkuva äänestäjä (type of voter) · de Wechselwähler (type of voter) · de Wechselwählerin (type of voter) · pl niezdecydowana wyborczyni (type of voter) · pl niezdecydowany wyborca (type of voter)