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            • wedge issue
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            • A controversial political issue that is often used by one group to divide an opposing political group. The first group hopes that by persuading voters to see the divisiveness among its opponent, voters will agree with its own stance. The Washington Post
          • Example sentence(s)
            • The whole point of the “Yes We Can” message was to say, let’s move past the politics of divisive wedge issues and work together to solve the real problems challenging American families. - Southern Beale
            • These battles have been relegated to the back pages of the national papers and hardly covered at all on national television because the protection of marriage is often called a “wedge issue. - Townhall.com
            • Republicans and Democrats have taken turns blaming election losses on wedge-issue ballot initiatives. - THE HILL
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            • megosztó kérdés
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            • A megosztó kérdés olyan ellentmondást hordozó kérdés, amely az egyébként azonos nézeteket valló társadalmi/politikai csoportokat is megoszthatja. Own research - by PennaCo
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            • Obama és McCain az elnökválasztási kampány kezdete óta kerüli az Egyesült Államok ajtaján kopogtató bevándorlók státuszának témáját. A mindkét pártot megosztó kérdés óriási politikai kockázatot hordoz. - FigyelőNet by PennaCo
            • A választópolgárokat megosztó kérdések között elsődleges szerepet játszik a 2001. szeptember 11-ei terrortámadások és az iraki háború megítélése, valamint a melegházasság engedélyezése fölötti heves vita. A politikai és erkölcsi aspektus mellett a finis közeledtével egyre inkább előtérbe kerül az elnökjelöltek személyiségének megítélése. - Hetek Országos Közéleti Hetilap by PennaCo
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    • Italian
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            • pomo della discordia
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            • Secondo la mitologia greca, il pomo della discordia è quello che Eris, dea della discordia, offrì a "alla più bella" durante un banchetto tra gli dei, dando origine alla contesa fra Atena, Afrodite ed Era. In senso figurato si usa per indicare ciò che è motivo di rivalità e contesa. Own research - by Adele Oliveri
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            • Un Veltroni che dice di considerare il protocollo sul welfare (**pomo della discordia** tra l’ala riformista e quella radicale dell’Unione) «un punto di equilibrio importante, un primo passo verso la lotta al precariato del lavoro e, soprattutto, al precariato della vita». - DS Online by Adele Oliveri
            • Il Parlamento ha risposto con un nuovo voto nel dicembre del 2003 decidendo, a larga maggioranza, di eliminare il **pomo della discordia**. I deputati, anche se pagati d'ora innanzi dal bilancio comunitario, hanno quindi accettato di essere sottoposti sia all'imposta comunitaria che a quella nazionale, proprio come voluto da alcuni governi. - Europarlamento by Adele Oliveri
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