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all politics are local

all politics are local is the alternative form of all politics is local.

Meaning of all politics is local

Proverb

all politics is local

  1. (US) Ultimately, constituents and voters are concerned most about issues that affect their personal lives and home communities, and they vote accordingly.
    • "The campaign never ends," said the 44-year-old Congressman. . . . "I win by reaching out to people one by one, through relentless retail politics." In other words, Mr. Bacchus is betting his congressional career on the adage that all politics is local.1993 December 7, Clifford Krauss, “On Congress's Home Front, Faith That All Politics Is Indeed Local”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Aug 2015

Questions about all politics are local

What is all politics are local the alternative form of?
All politics are local is the alternative form of all politics is local.

Words near all politics are local in the dictionary

  1. all over the world
  2. all over with
  3. all perfect
  4. all perfects
  5. all points of the compass
  6. all politics are local
  7. all politics is local
  8. all publicity is good publicity
  9. all quiet on the Western Front
  10. all retch and no vomit
  11. all right

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