An uncertain, fluctuating voter.

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1883.  “How many of them are floaters?”—i. e., merchantable voters—continued the candidate.—H. George, ‘Money in Elections,’ N. Am. Review, p. 203. (N.E.D.)

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1888.  Expressions indicating the intention to buy the Indiana “floaters.”—Pall Mall Gazette, Nov. 5. (N.E.D.)

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