单词 | crossover vote |
释义 | > as lemmascrossover vote crossover vote n. U.S. Politics a vote cast contrary to the voter's usual allegiance; such votes considered collectively. ΚΠ 1948 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 4 Apr. 1/5 Stassen told a reporter that he hopes to get a major share of the cross-over votes. 1968 Washington Post 11 Apr. a2/1 McCarthy stressed that the Democratic nominee must appeal to ‘progressive’ Republicans and independents... He cited the crossover vote in Wisconsin as proof of his own appeal in that regard. 1996 S. M. Johnson Leading to Change vi. 160 A school board member emphasized that although some members would occasionally cast crossover votes, ‘there are still clearly two sides of the aisle’. < as lemmas |
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