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Discover LudwigThe phrase "wedge issue" is correct and can be used in written English.
A wedge issue is a political or social issue that is used to divide a population or generate public opinion against an opponent. For example, "Climate change has become a wedge issue in the 2020 presidential election, with candidates staking out very different stances."
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wedge issue
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A discussion point or a difference in points of view which is particularly likely to be controversial and a source of discord between discussants or other involved parties; a difference in viewpoints which causes disharmony within a political or social group.
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Israel is the most obvious wedge issue.
Their arrest has become a wedge issue.
"But I think it is a wedge issue.
Republican groups are determined to make Israel a wedge issue.
Humphrey had created a wedge issue within his own party.
When everybody says it, it's not a wedge issue anymore".
This "shouldn't be a wedge issue," the President went on.
Actually, gay marriage is not, statistically speaking, a wedge issue.
He added: "We don't want trade to become the next wedge issue.
It is potentially a powerful wedge issue that could unite what has been a fractured conference.
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