wedge issue

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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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polarizující téma

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polarizující téma

Definition from český rozhlas:
Velice polarizující téma radaru v Česku ale nyní končí.

Example sentence(s):

Také Wallraff se nejdříve vytasil s tzv. „Persilscheinem“, tj. očišťujícím úředním dokumentem, který praví, že nejsou důkazy o Wallrafově spolupráci se Stasi. Také v Německu je minulost stále polarizujícím tématem rozdělujícím společnost. Wallraffovo odhalení posloužilo jako záminka všem konzervativcům, kterým německá levice šedesátých let lezla na nervy, aby se znovu ozvali. Není náhodou, že v deníku Die Welt, který aféru rozpoutal, se objevil i útok na nositele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu Heinricha Bölla, který se kdysi o Wallraffovi vyjádřil kladně. - článek, který mi přihrál Mr. Google

Ondrej Elleder
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Native speaker of: Czech

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