"swing vote" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: swing votes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} swing vote (plural swing votes)
  1. A vote held by a swing voter, and as such unpredictable. Synonyms: floating vote Translations (vote held by a swing voter, and as such it is an unpredictable vote): קול צף (kol tsaf) (Hebrew), 浮動票 (fudōhyō) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-swing_vote-en-noun-41FNhVYT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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