"double hater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-double hater.wav Forms: double haters [plural], double-hater [alternative]
Etymology: Attested from at least 2017 (see quotations below). Head templates: {{en-noun}} double hater (plural double haters)
  1. (US politics, informal) A person who did not favor either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party candidate in the 2016, 2020, or 2024 United States presidential election. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): Bill and Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, US politics
    Sense id: en-double_hater-en-noun-hnBf5rIN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, politics

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          "ref": "2017, Joshua Green, Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising, page 231:",
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