political favor
noun
: a political act or decision that helps someone
The company made campaign donations in exchange/return for political favors.
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Other charges accuse Yoon of manipulating the investigation into a marine’s drowning in 2023 and receiving free opinion surveys from an election broker in return for a political favor.
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Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Like Bloomberg, he is poised to hire with commitments beyond political favor-trading.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2026
As the cowboy image has come to take on these meanings, Republicans’ use of it to gain political favor is well-documented.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
As a House member, Schiff led the first impeachment against Trump for withholding aid from Ukraine in an effort to pressure its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to perform a political favor.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Soon, companies learn that success depends less on innovation or competition than on currying political favor.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
From crowd sizes to weather forecasts, vote counts to tariff formulas, Trump has discarded facts for fictions that play to his political favor.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 2 Aug. 2025
Its longtime lender, Bank of America, dropped it as a client in 2019 during a retreat from banking private prisons, gun manufacturers, coal miners, and other industries then out of political favor.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
The crypto industry is enjoying newfound political favor under a friendly U.S. administration.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 5 June 2025
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Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Like Bloomberg, he is poised to hire with commitments beyond political favor-trading.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2026
As the cowboy image has come to take on these meanings, Republicans’ use of it to gain political favor is well-documented.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
As a House member, Schiff led the first impeachment against Trump for withholding aid from Ukraine in an effort to pressure its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to perform a political favor.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Soon, companies learn that success depends less on innovation or competition than on currying political favor.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
From crowd sizes to weather forecasts, vote counts to tariff formulas, Trump has discarded facts for fictions that play to his political favor.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 2 Aug. 2025
Its longtime lender, Bank of America, dropped it as a client in 2019 during a retreat from banking private prisons, gun manufacturers, coal miners, and other industries then out of political favor.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
The crypto industry is enjoying newfound political favor under a friendly U.S. administration.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 5 June 2025
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“Political favor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20favor. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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