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Swedish translation: oberoende väljare

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English term or phrase:	swing voter
Swedish translation:	oberoende väljare

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14:54 Jan 21, 2009

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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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oberoende väljare

Definition:
Väljare utan partitillhörighet eller som är beredda att rösta över partigränserna.

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Kristina Thorne
France

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oberoende väljare

Kristina Thorne

4 -1

partibytare

Eva Linderoth

Discussion entries: 3

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peer agreement (net): +2

oberoende väljare

Definition from own experience or research:
Väljare utan partitillhörighet eller som är beredda att rösta över partigränserna.

Example sentence(s):

Demokraten Barack Obama och republikanen John McCain hoppas på ett segerlyft från New Hampshires oberoende väljare inför tisdagens primärval. - DN
Enligt Campbell har andelen “swing voters” (oberoende väljare som varit möjliga för båda partier att vinna i ett förestående val) hela tiden minskat och ligger i dag på mellan 10-22 procent av valmanskåren. - USAval.se

Explanation:
Alternativt "icke-partitrogna väljare" eller "partilösa väljare".

Kristina Thorne
France
Local time: 12:41
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

Finnish
PRO pts in category: 22

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

partibytare

Definition from own experience or research:
en väljare som inte är trogen ett parti i alla val, till skillnad mot ett partis kärnväljare

Example sentence(s):

I undersökningen tillfrågades 1 036 osäkra väljare och potentiella partibytare* om var de skulle söka information om de ville veta mer om partiernas politik. - PromeMorian
En jämförelse av partibytarna 1968 och 1970 visar att bytena dels mellan de borgerliga partierna och dels mellan socialister och borgare är ungefär oförändrade. - Indikator SIFO:s nyhetsbrev
Partibytare skadar demokratin. - Dagens Samhälle

Explanation:
partibytare stämmer med exempelmening två i frågan och används i svensk valanalys. (Google)Resultat 1 - 10 av ungefär 6 290 vid sökning efter partibytare. (0,03 sekunder).

(Google)Resultat 1 - 10 av ungefär 1 450 vid sökning efter "oberoende väljare". (0,13 sekunder). Då gäller det val i USA i många fall.

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Note added at 10 days (2009-01-31 19:56:27 GMT)
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Se även Washington Posts definition här ovan.

Eva Linderoth
Local time: 12:41
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4

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