battleground
IPA: bˈætʌɫgraʊnd
noun
- A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
- (figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention.
- (figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
- (US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state. [(US politics) A winner-take-all state which is roughly as likely to vote Republican as Democrat in a given election.]
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Examples of "battleground" in Sentences
- But right up to that moment, the main battleground was verbal and psychological.
- The Globe is running a report every night, it appears, reporting on the Strategic Counsel's running poll of what they term battleground ridings.
- But, really, the smart political money in this race, you always want your base to show up, but the battleground is over the Independents in this race.
- In key races, in battleground states that Obama won easily in 2008, he has been the point person for re-engaging the disaffected base, particularly in urban areas.
- The president also made phone calls to boost the morale of activists and party organizers in battleground states such as Florida, New Hampshire, New Mexico and his native Hawaii.
- Nor do I know what would have happened had Karl Rove not decided to push the gay marriage bans in battleground states, which he knew would turn out his base of evangelical voters.
- Voters in battleground districts strongly favor legislation that would let congressional campaigns be funded by the public, according to a new survey released Tuesday by Lake Research Partners.
- The poll was one of a dozen commissioned by the Capitol newspaper in battleground races, and it contained just the latest signs of trouble for Dahlkemper, a freshman buffeted by a poor political climate and her vote in favor of the health care overhaul.
- Yesterday was another busy one for statewide polling, including four new surveys in battleground states from the CNN/Time polling partnership, though the most intriguing new numbers come from Alaska, where two new polls show considerable support for the write-in candidacy of incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski.
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