The phrase
"electoral suicide" means an action or decision by a politician or political party that leads to a significant loss of support from voters, ultimately resulting in their failure to win an election.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«electoral»
«suicide»
Sentences with «electoral suicide»
- Secondly, and more importantly, it would be electoral suicide for Labour to enter into any kind of agreement with the SNP. (labour-uncut.co.uk)
- All of the above have consistently been sold as vote losers, if not electoral suicide. (theconversation.com)
- If, post Miliband, defending public spending is considered electoral suicide, what's left to set Labour apart? (totalpolitics.com)
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