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• 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

• swing 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: ↑floating voter • Hypernyms: ↑voter, ↑elector * * * swing voter UK US noun [countable] [ …   Useful english dictionary

• floating voter —    Also known as ‘swing voter’. A term much used in early studies of voting behaviour to describe the voters who changed their mind about which party to support from one election to another. Today the term has lost much of its former impact.… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• swinging voter — /swɪŋɪŋ ˈvoʊtə / (say swinging vohtuh) noun a person who changes their political allegiance at different elections: *the challenge is to hold the heartland vote while offering policies that will attract swinging voters in the marginal seats of… …  

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• Right of foreigners to vote — Suffrage, the right to vote in a particular country, generally derives from citizenship. In most countries, the right to vote is reserved to those who possess the citizenship of the country in question. Some countries, however, have extended… …   Wikipedia