English / proverb
All Politics Is Local
MEANING IN ENGLISH
The widespread variant stating that voters prioritize immediate community concerns above abstract grand theories.
In context
01
Tip O'Neill famously asserted that all politics is local to remind leaders to heed their constituents' daily lives.
02
To comprehend complex macroeconomic voting patterns, we must remember that all politics is local.
Synonyms
politics begins at home,local reality governs,community needs come first
Antonyms
abstract geopolitics,detached bureaucracy,ivory-tower governance
Collocations
principle that all politics is local,classic saying that all politics is local,proves once more that all politics is local