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New Politics

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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.


Etymology

Origin of New Politics

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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Moy joined a veterans’ council for a bipartisan group called New Politics and, last year, became a regional leader for Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s campaign’s veterans’ coalition, seeking to engage veterans in politics.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2022

“They’ve learned to work with people of different backgrounds and ideologies,” Emily Cherniack, who founded New Politics, explained to me recently.

From New York Times • May 12, 2018

The New Politics Leadership Academy trains military veterans and alumni from the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and other service organizations for campaigns.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2017

Since 2002, sometimes with other organizations, the Brennan Center for Justice has produced eight reports about “The New Politics of Judicial Elections.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2016

Lawmaker Yoo Eun Hye of the liberal opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy said the decision reflected social changes.

From US News • Feb. 26, 2015

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