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double hater

double hater noun: 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.

Noun

double hater (plural double haters)

  1. (US, 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.
    • Donald Trump’s data analysts gave them a nickname: “double haters.” These were people who disliked both candidates but traditionally showed up at the polls to vote.2017, Joshua Green, Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising, page 231
    • Trump's analysts nicknamed this group "double haters." They comprised about 3% to 5% of the 15 million voters the campaign believed were persuadable.[2020 April 24, Joshua Green, “New Poll Shows a Hidden Danger for Trump: Double Haters”, in Bloomberg (subscription required)

Examples of double hater in a sentence

  • We had double haters in 2020, and they tended to ultimately break for Biden.2024 March 17, Carlos Lozado, Katherine Miller, Michelle Cottle, Lydia Polgreen, quoting Carlos Lozado, “The Double-Hater Election”, in New...
  • Double haters make up about 15% of the electorate, according to a poll this month by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, giving them significant sway in deciding the outcome of the November election.2024 March 23, Joey Garrison, “Meet the surging ‘double haters’ who could decide whether Biden or Trump wins the election”, in USA Today:

Forms of double hater

pluraldouble haters
alternative formdouble-hater

Origin of double hater

Attested from at least 2017 (see quotations below).

Questions about double hater

What does double hater mean?
Double hater means 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.
How do you use double hater in a sentence?
We had double haters in 2020, and they tended to ultimately break for Biden.
What part of speech is double hater?
Double hater is a noun.
What is the plural of double hater?
The plural of double hater is double haters.

Words near double hater in the dictionary

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  8. double header
  9. double hearsay
  10. double helices
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