A very divisive political issue, regarded as a basis for drawing voters away from an opposing party whose supporters have diverging opinions on it.
〈美〉（导致选民改变立场的）楔子问题，旨在制造分裂的问题
Example sentencesExamples
Broaden this into the wider issue of privacy rights and you have an ideal wedge issue.
It's a wedge issue which no other party likes talking about.
For me, it's becoming a wedge issue like abortion for some women.
It amazes me that abortion is such a wedge issue.
He charges the president with seeking ‘a wedge issue to divide the American people.’
And it became clear that some high-profile musicians were coached to spit out lines intended to make copyright maximization a wedge issue among artists.
Labor accuses the Government of using sexuality for political means and trying to create a wedge issue.
Listen this is going to be a wedge issue for some years to come.
Many in the progressive movement in the country believe that the president is using homosexuality as a wedge issue to divert attention from other more pressing issues in the country.
This is an issue Democrats think will be a wedge issue with suburban working mothers.
It's a wedge issue in the making and it's in our favor.
‘Early polls indicate that opposition to same-sex marriage could become a wedge issue,’ he said.
But radical feminists push their one-sided version of domestic violence because they know it is a potent wedge issue that exploits the psychological vulnerabilities of both women and men.
He's decided to make this a political wedge issue, to placate the cultural conservatives in this country, in order to take away from his failed policies on jobs, health care and schools and his foreign policy.
But I also believe that this is a wedge issue, that this is something that is often raised to try to divide people.
Wouldn't it be great if health care emerged as the ultimate wedge issue?
In fact, I think that we are talking about a wedge issue that is insurmountable.
He said: ‘The President has allowed his political team to use this war as a political wedge issue to score political points and to divide this nation.’
They say the President is creating a wedge issue to divide the country.
It became a very big wedge issue in this campaign.
It's the president that sees immigration as a wedge issue.
Definition of wedge issue in US English:
wedge issue
noun
US
A divisive political issue, especially one that is raised by a candidate for public office in hopes of attracting or alienating an opponent's supporters.
Example sentencesExamples
Broaden this into the wider issue of privacy rights and you have an ideal wedge issue.
It's a wedge issue which no other party likes talking about.
He said: ‘The President has allowed his political team to use this war as a political wedge issue to score political points and to divide this nation.’
Wouldn't it be great if health care emerged as the ultimate wedge issue?
Listen this is going to be a wedge issue for some years to come.
It amazes me that abortion is such a wedge issue.
It became a very big wedge issue in this campaign.
In fact, I think that we are talking about a wedge issue that is insurmountable.
He charges the president with seeking ‘a wedge issue to divide the American people.’
But I also believe that this is a wedge issue, that this is something that is often raised to try to divide people.
This is an issue Democrats think will be a wedge issue with suburban working mothers.
And it became clear that some high-profile musicians were coached to spit out lines intended to make copyright maximization a wedge issue among artists.
Many in the progressive movement in the country believe that the president is using homosexuality as a wedge issue to divert attention from other more pressing issues in the country.
He's decided to make this a political wedge issue, to placate the cultural conservatives in this country, in order to take away from his failed policies on jobs, health care and schools and his foreign policy.
But radical feminists push their one-sided version of domestic violence because they know it is a potent wedge issue that exploits the psychological vulnerabilities of both women and men.
It's a wedge issue in the making and it's in our favor.
Labor accuses the Government of using sexuality for political means and trying to create a wedge issue.
It's the president that sees immigration as a wedge issue.
For me, it's becoming a wedge issue like abortion for some women.
They say the President is creating a wedge issue to divide the country.
‘Early polls indicate that opposition to same-sex marriage could become a wedge issue,’ he said.