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The '''political benefit''' of a suggestion, position, action, event, legislation, characteristic or movement is its tendency to give a relative advantage to one political party, or political side or person.

The '''political benefit''' of a suggestion, position, action, event, legislation, characteristic or movement is its tendency to give a relative advantage to one political party, or political side or person.

Virtually everything has a '''political benefit''' because almost nothing impacts both sides precisely the same.  For example, a declining economy typically has a political benefit for the party not in control of the [[presidency]].

Virtually everything has a '''political benefit''' because almost nothing impacts both sides precisely the same.  For example, a declining economy typically has a political benefit for the party not in control of the [[presidency]].  To take another example, [[gun control]] increases the dependency of all voters on government and thus has a predictable '''political benefit''' for [[leftist]] political parties.

Assessing the '''political benefit''' is essential to understanding the motivation  for actions and statements, and anticipating them.

Assessing the '''political benefit''' is essential to understanding the motivation  for actions and statements, and anticipating them.

[[Category:politics]]

[[Category:politics]]