1) Fencesitter 2) Straddler
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1) Political leader 2) Political neutral 3) Politically undecided one 4) Politician 5) Politico
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The Mugwumps were Republican political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, t...
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one who is neutral politically
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• (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
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One who acts independently, 1884, Mugwump Republicans.
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in U.S. politics, member of a reform-oriented faction of the Republican Party that refused to support the candidacy of James G. Blaine for the ... [1 related articles]
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In US political history, a colloquial name for the reform Republicans who voted in the 1884 presidential election for Grover Cleveland, the Democratic candidate, rather than for the Republican...
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Mug'wump` noun [ Confer Algonquin
mugquomp a chief.] A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [ Political Cant, U.S.]
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Mugwump is a word of the Massachusetts Indians, meaning a great personage (mugquomp). After long use in American localities, and occasional use in American politics, it came into prominence in 1884, being then applied to those independent members of the Republican party, who openly refused to vote for the party's candidate, Blaine. Thus the name ca...
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Mugwump is American slang for an important, powerful person.
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[
n] - someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884 2. [n] - a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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noun someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
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noun a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884. · a person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, esp. in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
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[Obscure words] a neutral or uncommitted person, especially in politics
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