The swing voter in American politics The swing voter occupies a cherished place in American political lore. Candidates court swing voters consultants target them and pundits speculate constantly on which way they will lean. But nobody has adequately defined them as a group. What exactly is a swing voter No one really seems to know.The Swing Voter in American Politics fills this conceptual gap. The book brings political scientists and pollsters together to answer four basic questions: What is a swing voter How can analysts use survey data to identify swing voters How do swing voters differif at allfrom the rest of the ele