Meanings
nounBroken Glass Republican (plural Broken Glass Republicans)
plural Broken Glass Republicans
- USuncommongovernmentA Republican who invariably votes for Republican candidates.
Antonyms: Yellow Dog Democrat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Republican who invariably votes for Republican candidates.
Opposite
Origin
From the claim that such Republicans would crawl through broken glass in order to vote Republican.
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Broken Glass Republican. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broken%20Glass%20Republican
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