bandwagon-jumper

plural bandwagon-jumpers

1. alternativeAlternative form of bandwagon jumper.

   The crowd was a mix of Little Leaguers and Wall Streeters, die-hard fans and bandwagon-jumpers.

   1996 October 30, Associated Press, “New York Parade a Hit on Broadway”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025

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   Populism is the new model of cool; elitists, rather than teeny-boppers or bandwagon-jumpers, are the new squares.

   2012 April 6, Alexandra Molotkow, “Why the Old-School Music Snob Is the Least Cool Kid on Twitter”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2012

   Much as the tea party pushed rank-and-file Republican legislators toward positions once considered extreme, the resistance movement has already persuaded many Democratic elites to embrace the Sanders stance on issues such as Medicare for all, free college and government-guaranteed jobs. But the progressive movement, like the tea party, has no liking for bandwagon-jumpers.

   2018 June 28, Geoffrey Kabaservice, “Yes, there can be a tea party of the left, but here’s what’s different”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2018