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 Alignment Association Approach

An approach used by individuals who have very strong political beliefs for forming and maintaining their social circles. Basically, an individual will only be friends with people who are the same political identity and beliefs as them. The same holds true often times when they are deciding whether or not to date a particular person. This approach often causes the people who use to have a very strong political favoritism towards a specific political party and or political ideology. In some cases, they develop a strong intolerance for other political ideologies and parties, which sometimes can lead to unnecessary violence towards other individuals and societal groups who they perceive as having a different political ideology then their own.

Kelsey: Am I the only one that think its odd that all of Chuck's friends are Republicans?
Anna: Yes, I noticed that too. Its kind of strange if you ask me.
Emily: He is probably using the Political Alignment Association Approach when dealing with his social circle, because I know he is a very far right Republican and he does not seem to like me due to the fact I support feminism.
Anna: You should be careful Kelsey. If Chuck finds out you're a Democrat, he may start a yelling match or worse. He has had a history of violence in the past.
Kelsey: I'll keep that in mind.

by Vanguard 1998 February 11, 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

politics

When you use things that matter to other people in order to gain power.

Jews just love being used as a football in the game of politics

by Queen Buttrix May 22, 2021

Politicians

The best liars in the world.

Boris Johnson: 3 week lockdown to flatten the curve

Another year later: Most people vaccinated, yet we are still restricted...

Lying politicians at it's best

by UltimateDoge July 7, 2021

Politics

Ughhhh politics, are you some boomer or some kid that have so much interest in history class (I don’t hate history class) but politics is a waste of time and all it does is ruin things and these political groups don’t make any sense and both sides are bad and plus joining any of them to make some sort of change they say won’t make a change at all you probably be in the group just to ask another person to join your group of politics with the rest of the them. And the politicians don’t do shit but care about themselves plus they are boomers too which makes the whole thing worse and these groups making things chaotic just make the politics a circus and if your into politics why not be a politician and get rid of these boomer politicians and make a change since you know about politics and laws.

Define: politics
Political person holding flags:
Random normal person living life: don’t you guys got better things to do, get a fucking life

Political groups: fuck you no

by slayer_of_dank August 21, 2021

Politicist

The act of treating someone differently due to their political beliefs, or orientation on the political spectrum

After telling Jamie I was more of a right wing Conservative, he's been much more hostile towards me. I think he may be a Politicist.

by -Salty- February 16, 2022