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14:57 Oct 23, 2009

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Social Sciences - Government / Politics

English term or phrase: wedge issue

Definition from The Washington Post:
A controversial political issue that is often used by one group to divide an opposing political group. The first group hopes that by persuading voters to see the divisiveness among its opponent, voters will agree with its own stance.

Example sentence(s):

The whole point of the “Yes We Can” message was to say, let’s move past the politics of divisive wedge issues and work together to solve the real problems challenging American families. Southern Beale
These battles have been relegated to the back pages of the national papers and hardly covered at all on national television because the protection of marriage is often called a “wedge issue. Townhall.com
Republicans and Democrats have taken turns blaming election losses on wedge-issue ballot initiatives. THE HILL

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Definition from wiki:
यह सामाजिक या राजनैतिक प्रकार के ऐसे मुद्दे होते हैं जो किसी राजनैतिक पार्टी के वोट बैंक को विभाजित कर देते हैं ।

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सत्ता पक्ष और विपक्ष ने चुनावी हार का कारण मतदान पूर्व उठाए गए पच्‍चर मुद्दों को बताया । - wikipedia

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