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issue evasion  

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  • POLITICIANS ARE KNOWN for avoiding certain issues that they view as potentially harmful to their current political standing, and which could hurt their future prospects for re-election. For the most part, politicians make a concerted effort to avoid hot-button issues that generate a high degree of controversy in the public sphere. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Issue Evasion]

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