Republicrat

English Etymology en Republican Democrat. Noun en US politics pejorative 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. en 1966 Allan P. Sindler Political Parties in the United States 70 This hybrid voting behavior may be called "Republicrat", and obviously it must depress Republicanism in Southern congressional, state, and local politics. en US politics pejorative attributive The two-party system, characterized as a single organization that excludes the participation and views of third parties. en 2001 Daniel Sinker We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet : the Collected Interviews 290 We need to make people understand that decisions being made on local levels are often far more influential in our lives and probably the only real way — unless we're able to radically change the way our one-party Republicrat system works — to make change. en 2004 Howard Zinn; Anthony Arnove Voices of a People's History of the United States 567 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. en 2005 Holliston Perni A Heritage of Hypocrisy: Why 'They' Hate Us 4 Rather, we have a single Republicrat party of greedy, self-serving, amoral, power-driven professional politicians... Adjective en US politics pejorative Characteristic of a Republicrat. en Given how often he votes with the opposition, Joe Manchin's ideology is very much Republicrat.