party loyalty
Sticking with yours
Party loyalty is allegiance to a political party, especially when it means supporting the party's candidates or positions regardless of personal reservations.
The phrase often carries a whiff of criticism, suggesting someone prioritizes tribal affiliation over independent judgment: She voted against the bill despite pressure from leadership—party loyalty only goes so far.
In parliamentary systems, party loyalty is often expected and enforced through whips.
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- toe the lineAdhere to standards
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- tribalismIn-group loyalty, out-group hostility
partiality · groupthink · peer pressure · wavering · voter mobilization · swing voters · ideological purity · rank and file · turncoat · polarization · big tent · vote · straight ticket · base voters · echo chambers · political discourse · voter turnout · down ballot
- Spoils Systemspoils system, political patronage, patronage, cronyism, favoritism
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Communist ChinaPeople's Republic, Great Leap Forward, Gang of Four, Central Committee, Marxism-Leninism
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
- Indochina PoliticsHo Chi Minh, Vietnam War, Politburo, Hanoi, Central Committee
- loyalty typespatriotism
party loyaltypolitical independence
Self-rule for a nation
nonpartisanship · bipartisanship · independent voter · swing voter · political autonomy
party loyaltyevidence-based reasoning
Logic anchored to facts
critical thinking · intellectual honesty · pragmatism · conscience