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单词 swing vote
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swing vote
swing vote n.
Brit. /ˈswɪŋ vəʊt/
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U.S. /ˈswɪŋ ˌvoʊt/
(also swing voter) U.S. the independent vote(r) that often decisively influences the result of a poll; also, a casting voter.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > one who
plumper1761
faggot voter1818
repeater1862
vest-pocket voter1888
swing vote1966
ticket-splitter1972
tactical voter1974
1966 Economist 5 Mar. 898/2 He is expected to join Mr Daane as a ‘swing voter’, leaving Mr Martin with only one conservative colleague.
1970 New Yorker 12 Dec. 63/3 Sellers told him that Fong was one of the swing votes.
1978 H. Kemelman Thursday Rabbi walked Out (1979) iii. 21 Blair and Mitchener will vote for it... So that leaves Cunningham. He's the swing vote.
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