New Politics

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.

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Etymology

Origin of New Politics

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

This moment “demands a new politics and a new approach to power.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I do think that we’re entering a new era, a new politics of electricity,” said Charles Hua, executive director of PowerLines, a nonprofit that advocates for utility customers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Schlossberg’s campaign displays aristocratic pretensions that fit uneasily into this new politics.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pact, known as the Bute House Agreement, was born in the first minister's official residence in Edinburgh in 2021 amidst promises of a new politics of co-operation and collaboration.

From BBC

But after decades of imprisonment, Mr. Shih was not always at home in Taiwan’s new politics.

From New York Times