wedge issue
noun
: a political issue that divides a candidate's supporters or the members of a party
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But Moulton, who is 46, is going to use age as a wedge issue.
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Europe’s Strategic Drift At the European level, climate has become a coordinated wedge issue.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Moscow has sought to transform the war in Ukraine into a wedge issue that divides the United States from Europe and different European states from each other, weakening both NATO and the EU.
—S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The conflict has emerged as a classic wedge issue with the potential to drive turnout among the candidates’ respective bases.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Europe’s Strategic Drift At the European level, climate has become a coordinated wedge issue.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Moscow has sought to transform the war in Ukraine into a wedge issue that divides the United States from Europe and different European states from each other, weakening both NATO and the EU.
—S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The conflict has emerged as a classic wedge issue with the potential to drive turnout among the candidates’ respective bases.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
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“Wedge issue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedge%20issue. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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