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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''' or political effect 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 all 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. | Virtually everything has a '''political benefit''' because almost nothing impacts all 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. | ||
Revision as of 11:54, May 29, 2008
The political benefit or political effect 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 all 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.