"Political blowback" refers to the negative consequences or backlash that a leader or political party may experience as a result of their actions, policies, or decisions. It often involves a negative public reaction, loss of support, or damage to their reputation.
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Sentences with «political blowback»
- The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act was a monumental achievement in 2001 — and the union's greatest political defeat in the modern era — but in subsequent years it was NCLB that found itself being transformed, and ultimately eviscerated, by powerful political blowback from unions and the intransigence of the districts. (educationnext.org)
- But as the political candidacy of former Chief Judge of the B.C. Provincial Court Carol Baird Ellan is showing, there is a serious danger of political blowback against the bench as an institution when one exchanges her black judicial robes for the Blue, Red or Orange colours of a political party. (slaw.ca)
- Constantly changing tests (or using tests as a convenient scapegoat when political blowback against Common Core gets too strong) is a policy response that undermines the goals of standards - based reform in all the ways I have identified above. (c-sail.org)
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