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—floating voter.those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.[1840-50]
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floating vote — floating voter. those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party. [1840 50] * * * floating vote noun The votes of electors who are not permanently attached to any one political party • • • Main Entry: ↑float * * * … Useful english dictionary
Floating Vote — [ fləʊtɪȖ vəʊt; englisch »nicht parteigebundene Wählerstimme«], Wählerverhalten … Universal-Lexikon
floating vote — /floʊtɪŋ ˈvoʊt/ (say flohting voht) noun floating voters collectively: *no new and colourful personality is introduced into the fight capable of wooing and winning the floating vote –sutton woodfield, 1960 …
floating vote — noun vote held by a floating voter, and as such it is an unpredictable vote Syn: swing vote … Wiktionary
floating voter — floating voters N COUNT A floating voter is a person who is not a firm supporter of any political party, and whose vote in an election is difficult to predict. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, use swing voter) … English dictionary
floating voter — n someone who does not always vote for the same political party at elections … Dictionary of contemporary English
floating voter — ► NOUN ▪ a person who does not consistently vote for the same party … English terms dictionary
floating voter — noun a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other • Syn: ↑swing voter • Hypernyms: ↑voter, ↑elector * * * floating voter noun • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vote — I n. collective opinion as determined by voting 1) to take a vote on (a motion) 2) to put a motion to a vote; to bring a motion to a vote 3) to influence, swing a vote (recent events swung the vote in our favor; the press can influence the vote)… … Combinatory dictionary
vote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 choice/decision made by voting ADJECTIVE ▪ electoral ▪ majority ▪ huge, massive (esp. BrE), overwhelming, resounding (esp. BrE) … Collocations dictionary
