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unpledged
adjective
Not pledged; not committed.
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Asquith ended the pension announcement with the footnote that the Liberal party had fought 'the last election entirely unpledged on this matter'.
However, about 18% of delegates (for the Democrats, anyway) are "unpledged", ie, not determined by primaries and caucuses.
In 1984 the Democratic Party created a category of "superdelegates," who are unpledged to any candidate.
Attempts to get electors, both pledged and unpledged, to change their votes would be especially damaging as a precedent for the future.
The 14 unpledged electors in Alabama and Mississippi and 1 pledged elector in Oklahoma cast their votes for Sen. Harry F. Byrd, a Democrat from Virginia.
If Romney is only slightly short of his magic number, it will be easy for him to win the support of unpledged delegates from states that he won, like Illinois, Maine, and Washington.
The most interesting scenario, however, is the case where the unpledged delegates would be sufficient to give a candidate a majority, but his claim to the nomination was somewhat tenuous.
That is a pretty powerful reason for the unpledged delegates to align behind Mr. Romney.
The idea, he said, was to convince unpledged delegates and those who have backed another candidate to see Mr. Gingrich as the best challenger for Mr. Obama in the fall.
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This can only end in tears, tasteless souvenir T-shirts and a "Divorce experience" London Eye package in which couples can civilly unpledge their troth over mini Beef Wellingtons and mid-price Prosecco.
There are different branches of Uncomms, including the Unapology, for when you're obliged to say sorry for something you don't regret; the Unimpression, by which you can convince people that you are competent and reliable, whatever the reality; and the Unpledge, the promise you have no intention of keeping.
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