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