corridors of power
Where influence flows
Corridors of power refers to the places where political or institutional decisions are actually made—the hallways, offices, and back rooms where influential people confer away from public view.
The phrase evokes physical proximity to power: She spent decades navigating the corridors of power in Washington.
It suggests that real influence operates through access and private conversation rather than formal channels.
- city hallSeat of local government
- secretsConcealed information
- officialsThose holding formal power
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- Capitol HillCongressional district and synecdoche
influence · hierarchy · inside track · backroom deals · closed doors · back channels · intelligence · politicians · ministers · government · bureaucrats · legislation · inner circles · boardrooms · policymaking · oligarchies · authority · executive orders
- powerauthority, potency, energy, hydropower, horsepower
corridors of powergrassroots
Common people as political base
rank and file · Main Street · the common people · the masses · the periphery
corridors of powerpublic forums
Open spaces for discourse
open debate · public discourse · open government · town halls · town hall
corridor, power, corridors, powers, powered, powering, powerful, powerless, powerfully