pink wave

plural pink waves

1. governmentA surge in the number of women running for office, the number of female voters, or the number of people voting for female candidates during an election, which results in the election of more women or politicians supporting feminist issues (such as abortion rights).

   Americans were promised a “pink wave” of self-proclaimed “nasty women” who would reshape the Democratic Party and play a bigger role in government. Indeed, in 2018, a record number of women — notably including Black women and other women of color — were elected to local and federal offices.

   2020 November 27, Lyz Lenz, “White women vote Republican. Get used to it, Democrats.”, in The Washington Post

2. governmentSynonym of pink tide (“a tendency towards left-wing governments in Latin American democracies”).

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   And the movement he heads – chavismo – was once a beacon for the world’s left, a socialist revolution that won elections, empowered the poor and challenged US hegemony in Latin America. It was the red foam of the “pink wave” that took power in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. Jeremy Corybn and Oliver Stone, among others, paid homage.

   2017 July 30, Rory Carroll, “Nicolás Maduro: will Venezuela’s president drag his people to the edge?”, in The Observer

   Synonyms: pink tide