Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

all politics is local

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: al-l pol-i-tic-s is lo-cal
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Ultimately, constituents and voters are concerned most about issues that affect their personal lives and home communities, and they vote accordingly.

American usage

Example Sentences

""The campaign never ends," said the 44-year-old Congressman. . . . "I win by reaching out to people one by one, through relentless retail politics." In other words, Mr. Bacchus is betting his congressional career on the adage that all politics is local."
"[A]ll politics is local and Kerry North is more local than most. In the electorate, the view is that Mr Ferris got in because . . . he has been an assiduous local councillor and constituency worker, painstakingly building up a formidable Sinn Fein machine that has delivered on local issues."
"But in the end, all politics is local, and almost every race is decided by local issues."
""All politics is local. I believe in a grassroots approach that is founded on strong representation for constituents.""

Etymology

Variously attributed to Associated Press Washington bureau chief Byron Price, said to have first used this term in 1932, and to Chicago writer Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936). Derivative of British English professor, Dr. Samuel Johnson's 18th Century aphorism, "All virtue is local".

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

all politics are local (alternative)

Phrases

retail politics

Frequently Paired Words

retail politics

Questions

What does all politics is local mean?: Ultimately, constituents and voters are concerned most about issues that affect their personal lives and home communities, and they vote accordingly.
Where does all politics is local come from?: Variously attributed to Associated Press Washington bureau chief Byron Price, said to have first used this term in 1932, and to Chicago writer Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936). Derivative of British English professor, Dr. Samuel Johnson's 18th Century aphorism, "All virtue is local".

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