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blue wave

blue wave noun: a surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Democratic Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.

Noun

blue wave (plural blue waves)

  1. (US) A surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Democratic Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.
    • A handful of local elections in Mississippi is hardly a blue wave. But Democrats across the South hope what just happened there is the start of something big – the first ripple of a Democratic comeback in the Deep South.2013 June 23, Molly Ball, “Can Democrats Win Back the Deep South?”, in The Atlantic

Forms of blue wave

pluralblue waves

Questions about blue wave

What does blue wave mean?
Blue wave means a surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Democratic Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.
What part of speech is blue wave?
Blue wave is a noun.
What is the plural of blue wave?
The plural of blue wave is blue waves.

Words near blue wave in the dictionary

  1. blue wall of silence
  2. blue walls
  3. blue walls of silence
  4. blue water
  5. blue waters
  6. blue wave
  7. blue waves
  8. blue waxweed
  9. blue weed
  10. blue weeds
  11. blue whale

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