Bolter (politics)
Michael Bloomberg bolted from the Democratic party to become a Republican and then bolted again to stand as an independent.[1][2]
In American politics, bolters are party members who do not support the regular nominee of their party. The "bolt" may occur at the party convention as in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt and his followers withdrew from the Republican Party (see Progressive party) or it may occur after the convention or primary has been held.[3] Other examples include the Dixiecrats and Mugwumps.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "The Crist Switch: Top 10 Political Defections", TIME, 2010
- ↑ Gruberg, Martin (2010), "The Politics of Bolting", USA Today, 139 (2786)
- ↑ McNeese, Tim (2014), Political Parties in the U.S., Milliken, p. 76, ISBN 9780787725754
- ↑ Frederickson, Kari (2003), The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 9780807875445
- ↑ Tucker, David (1998), Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age, University of Missouri Press, ISBN 9780826211873
Further reading
- Yoshinaka, Antoine (2015), Crossing the Aisle: Party Switching by US Legislators in the Postwar Era, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781316473085
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