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crossover

crossover

4 7.3
A voter registered with one party who votes in another party's primary
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɔsˌoʊvər/
  • US
translation icon : votante que participa en las primarias de otro partido
  • The projections are that in January's canvass we will probably see about a 15% Democratic crossover.
  • crossover voters
  • crossover votes
  • crossover voting

Examples

  • Until last week, most Republican crossovers were voting for Obama because they wanted to see Clinton lose.

    Blog text (16)

  • But to win this primary, the key to this primary is getting some crossover votes.

    Snitch (2013)

  • There must have been some interesting crossover voters out there.

    Blog text (13)

  • Maybe even better than Obama, considering she has some crossover support here.

    Blog text (17)

  • I am a crossover voter, but I will be voting for Governor Romney.

    Blog text (31)

  • The reason Akin won was because of Democrat crossover urged on by the Dems because of McCaskill.

    Blog text (14)

  • To win the election, the candidate is focusing on attracting crossover voters from the opposing party.

  • In the upcoming primary, party officials are hoping for a significant turnout of crossover voters to boost their chances.

  • Many crossover voters played a crucial role in the close election, influencing the outcome beyond their registered party.

Synonyms

crossover voter
vscrossover
  • US
1 7.1

A person who belongs to one political party but votes in another party's primary

is identical in meaning but is a shorter term without the explicit noun

Compounds

crossover voter
  • US
1 7.1

A person who belongs to one political party but votes in another party's primary

crossover of genres
5.8

A work that mixes elements of two or more genres

Surface Forms

crossover singular
crossovers plural

Morphology

crossover = cross (transparent) = over + cross

A 'crossover' voter literally 'crosses over' party lines to vote, which is directly inferable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Crossover comes from the parts cross ('to go from one side to another') and over ('across'). So a crossover voter is someone who 'goes across' party lines to vote for another party.