Meanings
nounblue wave (plural blue waves)
plural blue waves
- USgovernmentA surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Democratic Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.
A handful of local elections in Mississippi is hardly a blue wave. But Democrats across the South hope what just happened there is the start of something big – the first ripple of a Democratic comeback in the Deep South.
2013 June 23, Molly Ball, “Can Democrats Win Back the Deep South?”, in The Atlantic
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