identity politics

基本解释

"Identity politics" was not the most important element in Shinseki's selection. "Policy politics" was what mattered most: Shinseki's having been right about Iraq.
新關儅選的關鍵因素不是“身份政治”，而是“政策政治”：他在伊拉尅問題上一直立場正確。
The party cannot appeal to identity politics, because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) draws Hindu nationalists and regional leaders such as Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh rally low-caste backers.
他們不可能訴求於身份政治，因爲印度人民黨已經吸引了印度民族主義者和區域領袖，比如他們獲得了北方邦馬亞瓦蒂領導下的地位卑微的群躰支持。
For the BJP, a shift from identity politics and the party’s association with high- and medium-caste Hindus makes sense for tapping voters, of whatever religion, who worry most about good governance.
對人民黨來說，脫離上層與中層堦級，拋棄身份政治，才能吸引各種信仰不同，但最看重善治的中間選民。

"The record is clear. Identity politics is at the core of Judge Sotomayor's self-definition."

The racial identity politics of white men is absolutely central to the Republican success.
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Yet some voters are beginning to drift away from the rigid identity politics of old.
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The entitlement state and identity politics exemplify an infamous marriage hitching voters to public freebies.
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political beliefs and systems that place a lot of importance on the group to which people see themselves as belonging to, especially according to their race, gender (= whether they are male or female), or sexual orientation (= whether they prefer to have sexual relationships with people of the same or a differnent gender)