partisan
党派,党派人士,党人,党员
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Definitions
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- : an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- : Military. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.
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- : of, relating to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics.
- : of, relating to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
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This also filters down to state legislatures, where “Republican-drawn maps in 2012 had a much larger partisan bias than Democratic ones,” says David Shor, a Democratic data analyst.
These recommendations—not a partisan investigative report—should serve as the basis for Congressional action.
However, that likely won’t stop some partisan sources, including possibly the president himself, from declaring premature victory.
This non-partisan organization gets you checking your registration in just two steps.
In states where Democrats controlled the redistricting process, partisan bias is also a problem, but the effect is smaller because those states are often made up of fewer districts.
It was a rare moment of bipartisan unity in partisan Washington.
This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.
The first meeting featured multiple speakers deeply rooted in a partisan agenda.
A number of clearly partisan studies have suggested that cats are unfeeling and sociopathic.
According to the non-partisan Public Policy Institute, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation.
He was so zealous a partisan of democracy, and of Cromwell, that the authorities frequently placed him in a straight jacket.