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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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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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. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   I'm not going to politicize this. We want those resources here, i'm not going to let this turn into a political football.

2. Sarah Saldana:

   I cannot tell you how disheartening it is to sit here and hear a very important issue related to the topic of immigration reform be bandied about as a political football.

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. President Barack Obama:

   This is not about the Affordable Care Act as legislation, or Obamacare as a political football. This is healthcare in America.

5. Jerome Oberreit:

   It's really important to see the real people instead of the political football that they have become, we're talking about Europe's refugee shame.

References

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