Definitions for political football
po·lit·i·cal foot·ball

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1. political footballnoun

   A political topic that is continually debated but left unresolved.

2. Etymology: political football, the topic being conceptually "kicked back and forth" between opposing politicians like a ball.

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1. Political football

   A political football is a topic or issue that is seized on by opposing political parties or factions, and made a more political issue than it might initially seem to be. "To make a political football" [out of something] is defined in William Safire's Safire's Political Dictionary as "To thrust a social, national security, or otherwise ostensibly non-political matter into partisan politics". In 1953 the gangster Lucky Luciano complained in an interview to Safire that "I been a political football". Another meaning, perhaps more often found in dictionaries than actual usage, is a political issue that is continually debated but left unresolved. The term is often used during a political election campaign to highlight issues that have not been completely addressed, such as the natural environment and abortion.

How to pronounce political football?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of political football in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of political football in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of political football in a Sentence

1. William Ross:

   This is the first time that a president has openly used the courts as a kind of political football.

2. United States:

   I think the way you use the US Marine Corps, Josh Mandel, is disgraceful. It's not a political football for you to toss around. Think about what we just saw. This guy wants to be United States senator.

3. Mark Marquis:

   The SREs (Small Refinery Exemptions) are a political football for the president, and he's going to have to take a look at how it's affecting agriculture and farmers, i can't say I'm happy with the way the administration has handled implementing the RFS.

4. Scott Gottlieb:

   I worry that, going forward, we're going to see vaccination rates decline as this becomes more of a political football, and we see people -- literally, governors running against vaccines and vaccine mandates -- in the next presidential cycle. That's going to the be deleterious to the public health, generally, if that's what comes out of this episode we're in.

5. Steve Israel:

   I organized the meeting with Ambassador Dermer, and I invited key congressional Democratic supporters of Israel to attend, there were a wide range of views that were discussed, but one thing we all agreed on emphatically is that Israel should never be used as a political football.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Political_Football
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=political football