(n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.

Fabian policy Micawberism Milquetoast anythingarian apostate backslider backwardness big boy big chief big shot bigwig bolter collaborationist collaborator convert defector deserter dilatoriness fence-sitter fifth columnist free lance free spirit free trader freethinker heavyweight hesitation high-muck-a-muck hold-off independent individualist isolationist jellyfish latitudinarian laxness leader liberal libertarian libertine lion nabob neuter neutral nonpartisan nothingarian procrastination proselyte quisling recidivist recreant remissness renegade renegado renegate reversionist rugged individualist runagate schismatic seceder secessionist separatist shilly-shally slackness slowness stall strikebreaker swing vote temporization tergiversant tergiversator third force third world traitor turnabout turncoat turntail uncommitted voter waverer weakling wobbler