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- Body politic
- A group of people organised under a single government or authority (national or regional) is a body politic.
- Carpetbagger
- A carpetbagger is an opportunist without any scruples or ethics, or a politican who wants to represent a place they have no connection with.
- Casting vote
- The casting vote is a vote given to a chairman or president that is used when there is a deadlock.
- Dog-whistle politics
- (AU) When political parties have policies that will appeal to racists while not being overtly racist, they are indulging in dog-whistle politics.
- Economical with the truth
- (UK) If someone, especially a politician, is economical with the truth, they leave out information in order to create a false picture of a situation, without actually lying.
- Fifth columnist
- (UK) A fifth columnist is a member of a subversive organisation who tries to help an enemy invade.
- Fourth estate
- This is an idiomatic way of describing the media, especially the newspapers.
- Get on your soapbox
- If someone on their soapbox, they hold forth (talk a lot) about a subject they feel strongly about.
- Gunboat diplomacy
- If a nation conducts its diplomatic relations by threatening military action to get what it wants, it is using gunboat diplomacy.
- Megaphone diplomacy
- If negotiations between countries or parties are held through press releases and announcements, this is megaphone diplomacy, aiming to force the other party into adopting a desired position.
- On the stump
- When politicians are campaigning for support and votes, they are on the stump.
- Politically correct
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Things or people that are politically correct use language that will not cause offence.
- Pork barrel
- Pork barrel politics involves investing money in an area to get political support rather than using the money for the common good.
- Toe the line
- If someone toes the line, they follow and respect the rules and regulations.
- Wedge politics
- (USA) In wedge politics, one party uses an issue that they hope will divide members of a different party to create conflict and weaken it.
- You can't fight City Hall
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This phrase is used when one is so cynical that one doesn't think one can change their Representatives. The phrase must have started with frustration towards a local body of government.
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