political shadow

1. A government employee whose job is not viewed to be particularly important by most of the people who don’t work for the government that run into them, but their role plays an important function in keeping the government running efficiently and effectively. Usually, their employer or the individual/s who run the department or agency, because of their position in the government, work in the public spotlight, while political shadows tend to work more in the background, or in other words in the shadows, where they are seldom noticed by the general public. Often times these people either work in jobs where they don't deal with people that often, or they work in jobs where they deal with people frequently, but their role is frequently viewed as being less important than the role held by their employer.
2. The political impact an individual or group has on the world around them

1. Dave is a political shadow. He is a policy analysist who works for the U.S. Representative Aderholt. Most of the people who encounter him don't think his role is anywhere near as important as the role his employer has in the U.S. Government; yet without Dave, the policies would not be written that well and may not be as effective in achieving what the law was intended to do. Hence, he plays a very important role in ensuring the government operates in an effective manner.
2: Alexandra has a large political shadow because of the large number of Black Lives Matter protests and women's marches she has attended over the past four to five years; along with the numerous times she has lobbied political officials on various issues related to gender equality, gun control, racial justice, education, and the Covid-19. She has a very large political impact on the world around her.

by Vanguard 1998 March 20, 2021

Yoga pants politics

When a company is so engrossed in woke culture you can’t figure out what they are actually selling

I don’t need your yoga pants politics-Chris Rock

by Bxexnx March 5, 2023

Political Parasite

Someone who makes politics their entire social identity, and won’t shut the fuck up about politics. Generally, they hate whoever espouses beliefs stemming from a party not of their own.

Don’t talk to Karen, she’s a political parasite, and will be fervently listening to every word you say, and will try to destroy your happiness based on that which she doesn’t agree. Tom is the same way, even though he’s on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

by MayneDeWayne May 27, 2021

Politics

...is a circus act. Enough said.

Politics is a circus act. Period.

by Definition4975 June 9, 2020

Politics

Where people cyberbully and threaten to dox you if you don't support either side.

Person A, commenting: I think both sides are atrocious.
Person B: Well, stop being a fence-sitter. I hope you don't like your personal information being personal.
Person A, telling their friend about the incident: Great, I said one little thing and I'm getting doxxed.
Person C: That's politics for ya.

by anonymous August 30, 2025

Political assault

A situation where an individual is motivated to physically assault someone because they strongly disagree with the other person’s political views and or the victim’s political identity. It usually starts out as a verbal disagreement, which escalates to the point where one of the individuals involved in the incident physically attacks the other one and the situation turns into a full-blown fight. The attacker may have strong biases against certain populations, certain mental illnesses that have not been diagnosed and or are not being treated adequately, extreme political beliefs, and or political insanity.

When a political assault happens, it often draws the public and politician’s attention and they may quickly mobilize to address the issues that facilitated it to occur; depending on who the victim was, who the attacker was, what specific issue or bias motivated the attacker’s actions, the responses from the public officials, the victim, and or celebrities, and the circumstances leading up to the event.

by Vanguard 1998 April 10, 2021

Political Fatalism

The belief that one political belief is fact, while simultaneously believing the opposing political party is stupid for believing that their opinion is fact.

Wow my Grandma is really into political fatalism... she doesn’t believe what anyone else says.

by Nixite117 June 7, 2020