Republicrat

noun

Etymology

Blend of Republican + Democrat.

  1. derived from démocrate
  2. compounded as republicrat — “Republican + Democrat

Definitions

  1. A United States politician who is a member of one of the two major political parties…

    A United States politician who is a member of one of the two major political parties (Democrat and Republican), but frequently votes with the other party.

    • This hybrid voting behavior may be called "Republicrat", and obviously it must depress Republicanism in Southern congressional, state, and local politics.
  2. The two-party system, characterized as a single organization that excludes the…

    The two-party system, characterized as a single organization that excludes the participation and views of third parties.

    • Both wings of the ruling "Republicrat" Party try to outdo themselves in announcing new, ever more draconian measures to restrict, repress, restrain, and eliminate the poor.
    • Rather, we have a single Republicrat party of greedy, self-serving, amoral, power-driven professional politicians...
  3. Characteristic of a Republicrat.

    • Given how often he votes with the opposition, Joe Manchin's ideology is very much Republicrat.

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