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Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.
This glossary of American politics defines terms and phrases used in politics in the United States.The list includes terms specific to U.S. political systems (at both national and sub-national levels), as well as concepts and ideologies that occur in other political systems but which nonetheless are frequently encountered in American politics.
Left–right political spectrum; Left-wing politics; Left-wing populism; Legal constitution; Legislative session; LGBTQ wing; Linguistic prescription; List of political metaphors; List of politically motivated renamings; Lobbying; Locust (ethnic slur) Logrolling; Lookism; Loss of supply; Low information voter; Lulism; Lustration; Lysenkoism
Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
Voters’ choices in what was a record year for national elections will likely have the biggest impact on global prosperity in 2025 — most notably, the re-election of former US President Donald ...
Although the long-term effects of the Arab Spring have yet to be shown, its short-term consequences varied greatly across the Middle East and North Africa. In Tunisia and Egypt, where the existing regimes were ousted and replaced through a process of free and fair election, the revolutions were considered short-term successes.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from office in a no-confidence vote in parliament in the early hours of Sunday after three years and seven months in power. A new government will be ...
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