All politics is local
The phrase "all politics is local" is commonly used in
Meaning and applicability
Andrew Gelman argues that the "local" refers to the fact that politicians "need local skills to win the primary election that gets them into their safe seat, and they need backroom political skills in the state legislature to keep their safe seats every 10 years." Gelman also argues, citing data for elections since 1968, that politics is "less local than it used to be."[3]
Example
Later during those elections, O'Neill introduced a $1-billion jobs bill to the table. House Republican Leader Robert H. Michel of Peoria, Illinois, opposed the bill, but O'Neill delivered an address broadcast in Peoria that showed how many infrastructure problems in Peoria would be fixed by the bill. Matthews wrote that "by hitting his rival where he lived, O'Neill translated a wholesale debate over national economic policy to the local, retail level."[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "All politics is local". Barry Popik. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Tip O'Neill's Idea That All Politics Is Local Is How Government Dies". Esquire. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Gelman, Andrew (3 Jan 2011). "All Politics Is Local? The Debate and the Graphs". FiveThirtyEight. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-4165-6261-0.