Category:Political metaphors

• List of political metaphors

A

• Astroturfing

B

• Bamboo curtain
• Bandwagon effect
• Blank cheque
• Body politic
• The bride is beautiful, but she is married to another man

C

• Carpetbagger
• Character assassination
• Chilezuela
• Cordon sanitaire (politics)

D

• Deviant current
• Dog whistle (politics)
• Domino theory

F

• Flag-waving

G

• Grassroots
• Grassroots democracy

I

• Iron Curtain

L

• Long arm of Ankara

M

• Malinchism
• Melting pot

N

• Nixon goes to China

P

• Paper tiger
• Post turtle
• Puppet state
• Put on the green jersey

Q

• Quasi-state

R

• Razor gang
• Rubber stamp (politics)
• Ruguanxue
• Ruido de sables
• Rump state

S

• Salad bowl (cultural idea)
• Ship of fools
• Skin in the game

T

• Tartan Curtain
• Theatre state
• Theory of the two demons
• Third rail (politics)
• Trigger law

U

• Unholy alliance (geopolitical)

W

• Wag the dog
• Wall of Shame

Y

• Yellow dog Democrat
• You have two cows