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Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
A kakistocracy (/ ˌ k æ k ɪ ˈ s t ɒ k r ə s i / KAK-ist-OK-rə-see) is a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. [1]: 54 [2] [3] The word was coined as early as the 17th century, [4] and is derived from two Greek words, kákistos (κάκιστος, ' worst ') and krátos (κράτος, ' rule '), with a literal meaning of ' government by the worst ...
An opinion poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular group of people or sample. For determining the political climate, this usually would be a cross-section of the population in question. Opinion polls conduct series of questions and then extrapolate the average opinion of the sample according to their answers.
Muslim world: Salafis: Derived from the name of its founder Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, it is used by opponents of his teachings in a derogatory way to refer to his followers, namely the Salafis. [103] Nusayri: Muslim world: Alawites: Derived from the name of the founder of the group, Ibn Nusayr. [104]
CAVE people; Centrão; Centre-right politics; Chairo (slang) Chattering classes; Christian values; Class collaboration; Class discrimination; Classification of advocacy groups; Cleavage (politics) Client politics; Clientelism; Co-option; Coattail effect; Code word (figure of speech) Comeback (publicity) Common front; Community wealth building ...
In politics, there is a dirty, ugly, open secret that the word ‘poverty’ — the topic of poverty — is a taboo subject. In the first presidential debate , there were no questions about ...
The slang word “NPC” explained. Are you an “NPC”? Check with your teen! The acronym stands for “non-player character,” which in video game culture, is a figure not controlled by a player.
Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) ' affairs of the cities ') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources.