liberal politician
Reform-minded elected official
A liberal politician is an elected official or candidate who favors progressive social policies, government intervention in the economy, and expanded civil rights.
In American usage, liberal often implies support for social welfare programs, environmental regulation, and individual freedoms on social issues.
The term carries positive or negative weight depending on the speaker: She's a liberal politician who fights for working families or another liberal politician pushing big government.
In other countries, liberal may instead emphasize free markets and limited state power.
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
- left wingLiberal political faction
- universal healthcareGuaranteed medical access nationwide
- grassroots activismCitizen-led political engagement
- town hall meetingGathering for civic dialogue
Franklin D. Roosevelt · campaign trail · stump speech · conservatism · social justice · big tent · environmental regulation · secularism · Pierre Trudeau · humanism · Barack Obama · multiculturalism · feminism · John F. Kennedy · democratic socialism · minimum wage · Labour Party · Bernie Sanders
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Anti-progress political stance
ultraconservative · conservative · right-winger · traditionalist · authoritarian
liberal politicianconservative
Cautious about altering customs
reactionary · traditionalist · preservationist · restorationist · counterrevolutionary
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