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swing voter

 
 
noun [C] POLITICS

Definition

someone who does not always vote for the same political party and who might be persuaded to vote for one of several parties in an election: The parties all try to maximize their appeal to swing voters in marginal constituencies.
(Definition of swing voter noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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