power base

noun

1. a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc..

   His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of power base¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Phillipson's team argue a big voice like this outside the cabinet would create a rival power base that could destabilise what is an already shaky political operation.

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The mid-decade redistricting — following similar efforts in Texas and Missouri — would see Davids’ territory sliced up again, splitting up her power base in Johnson County.

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These lords turned Finlaggan into a power base from where they controlled the Hebrides, Argyll and parts of the north west Highlands.

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Johns made Pork Chopper politicos take a Klan-style blood oath in the 1940s to preserve the post-Reconstruction white power base of North Florida against Black integrationists who wanted social equality.

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Many insiders believe that there still needs to be a much better functioning "centre", in other words Starmer's own power base in No 10.

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