identity politics

基本解释

"Identity politics" was not the most important element in Shinseki's selection. "Policy politics" was what mattered most: Shinseki's having been right about Iraq.
新关当选的关键因素不是“身份政治”，而是“政策政治”：他在伊拉克问题上一直立场正确。
The party cannot appeal to identity politics, because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) draws Hindu nationalists and regional leaders such as Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh rally low-caste backers.
他们不可能诉求于身份政治，因为印度人民党已经吸引了印度民族主义者和区域领袖，比如他们获得了北方邦马亚瓦蒂领导下的地位卑微的群体支持。
For the BJP, a shift from identity politics and the party’s association with high- and medium-caste Hindus makes sense for tapping voters, of whatever religion, who worry most about good governance.
对人民党来说，脱离上层与中层阶级，抛弃身份政治，才能吸引各种信仰不同，但最看重善治的中间选民。

"The record is clear. Identity politics is at the core of Judge Sotomayor's self-definition."

The racial identity politics of white men is absolutely central to the Republican success.
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Yet some voters are beginning to drift away from the rigid identity politics of old.
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The entitlement state and identity politics exemplify an infamous marriage hitching voters to public freebies.
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political beliefs and systems that place a lot of importance on the group to which people see themselves as belonging to, especially according to their race, gender (= whether they are male or female), or sexual orientation (= whether they prefer to have sexual relationships with people of the same or a differnent gender)