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15:42 Jan 22, 2009
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: swing voter
Definition from The Washington Post:
A voter who is not extremely loyal to a particular party and may cross party lines to select a candidate.

Example sentence(s):
  • While the swing voter is ostensibly the target of most political activity during elections, in countries without compulsory voting the political parties know that the shift from one party to another is dependent only to a limited extent on swing voters. Wikipedia
  • In a country where many voters identify with a particular political party, "swing voters" -- those who do not have a strong party affiliation -- often take center stage in an election year Online News Hour
  • The only time our vote really matters is when it breaks a tie or creates a tie – when our vote becomes the swing vote scienceline.org
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Summary of translations provided
5Marginalvælger
Lise Markussen
4usikre eller flydende vælgere
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usikre eller flydende vælgere


Definition from own experience or research:
Indenfor vælgeradfærdsforskningen taler man typisk om fire vælgertyper: a) kernevælgerne; b) de usikre, marginale eller flydende vælgere, som tager stilling fra gang til gang , og som de politiske vælgerkampagner særligt søger at nå; c) sofavælgerne; og d) proteststemmerne.

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Explanation:
The definition is taken from Gorm Bagger Andersen, Samfindsvidenskabeligt minilex, Gyldendahl Undervisning, 1996.
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Marginalvælger


Definition from Wikipedia:
Marginalvælger eller svingvælger: en vælger, som kan motiveres til at stemme på forskellige partier fra valg til valg. En marginalvælger er dermed det modsatte af en kernevælger.

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  • Hvis man anvender den velkendte sondring mellem kernevælgere og marginalvælgere, kan man definere dem der identificerer sig med partierne som kernevælgerne, og dem der ikke identificerer sig med noget parti som marginalvælgerne. - Ole Borre & Henrike Lolle: Kapitel 23  
  • Plejer med en vis stolthed at kalde mig marginalvælger, for uden os ville politik være fastlåst kedsommeligt. Det er os, alle bejler til. Det parti, der står bedst på dagen, får min stemme. - Information  
Lise Markussen
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