Difference between revisions of "Political benefit"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(improved) |
(added gun control) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
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]] | ||
Revision as of 01:59, May 24, 2008
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. 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.