Sentences with phrase «wedge issue in this race»
This proved to be a wedge issue in the race — one that Hochul and her Democratic allies exploited to the hilt.
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The mosque was employed as a wedge issue in the 2010 governor's race, with the Conservative Party and Rick Lazio running ads that employed 9/11 imagery.
Oxford, England — Rep. Michelle Bachmann and her cohort of right - wing Republicans are using identity, religion, and race as a permanent wedge issue — most recently in their unsubstantiated attack on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Muslim aide Huma Abedin.
That measure, overwhelmingly approved, sparked one of the most politically - charged campaigns in California history that was characterized by a painful subtext of wedge issues from race to immigration and poverty.