röstboskap

Swedish

Etymology

From röst (“vote”) +‎ boskap (“cattle, critter”).

Noun

röstboskap c (mass noun)

1. Members of a parliament or similar whose sole task is to vote according to the official party line, without taking any (major) initiatives of their own.
2. Voters whose support a political party can count on no matter what.

Further reading

• röstboskap in Svensk ordbok.