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wedge issue

noun

: a political issue that divides a candidate's supporters or the members of a party

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Crime and public safety, perhaps more than anything else, are the wedge issue of all wedge issues in this race. Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022 But guns, and the restriction of them, have not become a major wedge issue in part because citizens get to weigh in on such regulations in referendums. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022 This terrible incident occurs at a time when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has used the border as a wedge issue against President Joe Biden. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022 The Liberal Party typically employs guns as a wedge issue during federal election campaigns, painting their Conservative counterparts as supportive of easing gun-control measures to gain an edge. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 31 May 2022 But as Tuesday’s primaries loom, the factory has become a wedge issue in local and state races for many voters near the future plant. Drew Kann, ajc, 19 May 2022 The recent escalation in the conflict could become a wedge issue for Mr. Erdogan, who faces a difficult re-election fight in an election scheduled for next year. Jared Malsin, WSJ, 16 May 2022 Transgender rights have emerged as a wedge issue in the culture wars ahead of the November midterm congressional elections. Reuters, NBC News, 9 May 2022 For him, as for a chunk of the electorate, the COVID-19 pandemic is a wedge issue. Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wedge issue was in 1982

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