Political Culture Shock

A social situation that arises when an individual moves to a new location they have not previously lived in and finds that the political climate from where they previously lived and the political culture of the new area they moved into are completely different from each other. Some issues that accompany this situation include anxiety, discomfort, identity conflicts, homesickness, confusion, frustration, anger, language barriers, generational differences in terms of views on various political topics, and differences in terms of where, when, and how people in that area think about and discuss politics.

Kailani: What’s wrong with that guy in corner? He seemed to be very anxious when I was speaking to him about politics and does not seem to be very mindful of his tone when speaking about his views.

Sarah: I think he moved here three to four weeks ago; he is probably suffering from political culture shock. He is probably struggling to get used to the political climate around, which it may take him a while to get used to it.

Kailani: I see.

by Vanguard 1998 March 12, 2021

Political climate

The various political opinions and ideologies, as well as people’s overall opinion of the government and the numerous political parties that are active at the time, held by the numerous populations and subpopulations in a specific society in a specific geographical location, which can vary in terms of scale. Political climate can be observed on the local level, county level, state level, regional level, national level, and international level. Political climate can be impacted by various demographic factors such as the amount of ethnic diversity the population has, which religions are the most commonly practiced in that area, how densely populated the area is, the atmospheric climate the area they are in has, particularly what types of natural hazards are they most prone to have, the socioeconomic conditions like in that area, how well educated the people in that area are, etc.

The national political climate is moving to support more liberal policies, including police reform, increasing restrictions on guns, loosen restrictions on immigration, promote gender equality, and so on.

by Vanguard 1998 April 25, 2021

popsticklers

stars that stay around to long.

Wait, Britney Spears is in the news again?

Yeah, she is a real popstickler.

Damn those popsticklers

by LazerJesus May 21, 2021

PoliticalPhobia

A made up word For discriminating against Someone's political party

Why you're making fun of democrats? Stop being Politicalphobia

by 459395 March 12, 2022

political superposition

The act of claiming subscription to a specific political group while also supporting ideas that contradict or undermine that political group. Usually those engaged in political superposition will not directly voice their contradictions, favoring implicit, vague, or contradictions by consequence. When they do contradict, it will be in the absence of any mention of their political affiliation until someone points out that their ideas contradict their political group, which results in the person falling back on their facade of affiliation. Political superposition is merely the aesthetic of a political movement or group.

Ben Shapiro - "I am a libertarian"
Also Ben Shapiro -"God says gay people bad so make them illegal."
Other guy -"Nice political superposition, your theocratic ideas contradict the core tenets of libertarianism"
Ben Shapiro -"I am a libertarian tho"

by jerd123 May 13, 2022

Politically convenient

Someone who swaps political sides whenever its convenient to do so.

"You ever look threw his twitter. He swaps sides every 2 minutes hes politically convenient"

by C.T Tracy December 20, 2022

Perfect Political Representatives

Perfect political representatives ask their constituents what they need and want him or her to do ‘for them’ in the legislative body, list those things in order of popularity, and post those requests on their website. Before voting on a bill or proposing one to the legislative body, they ask their constituents to vote on them, post the total tabulated votes, and based on those figures vote for or against a bill or present or do not present a new bill to the legislature. Excluding anything strategic, they also webcast live what they say and do as candidates and as elected political representatives.

Perfect political representatives only exist in novels.

by but for January 20, 2018