Concept information
Preferred term
floating voter
Definition
- Floating voters (also known as swing voters) are individuals who do not maintain their allegiance to a particular party but instead vote for candidates in other parties or groupings. Traditionally, most voters maintain their loyalty to a particular party, and most scholarship suggests that party affiliation is formed during childhood. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Floating Voter]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/floating_voter
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