A registered republican voter in the
United States who has decided to cross over to the other party, the Democratic party, during the primary voting season of
2008 and vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama for President of the
United States.
"Eisenhower is one of a
small but symbolically powerful group of what Obama recently called "Obamacans"—disaffected
Republicans who have drifted away from their party just as Eisenhower Democrats did and, more recently, Reagan Democrats in the 1980s."
- Newweek magazine By Richard Wolffe | Newsweek Web Exclusive, Feb 1,
2008