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floating voter

noun

  1. a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The party appears instead to be focusing more of its efforts on seats in the south of England, where Mr Johnson’s appeal to floating voters is thought to be smaller.

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Labour, meanwhile, conscious they lose far more elections than they win, are attempting to appear reassuring to floating voters.

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What makes this election highly unpredictable is the significant proportion of floating voters deciding which 26 parties should fill the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament.

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More recently, Ms Birbalsingh - who describes herself as a "floating voter" - spoke at the National Conservatism conference.

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Sean Foster, 19, is studying aeronautical engineering and says he is currently a floating voter.

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