Meanings
- uncountablegovernmentThe ability of a person to influence political decisions.
The PSOE leader, who once promised to bring Puigdemont back to Spain to face justice, risked considerable political capital two years ago by pardoning nine of the Catalan leaders behind the drive for secession.
2023 November 5, Sam Jones, “PSOE members back Catalan amnesty plan to secure power in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 20231 more example
But others in the party sense signs of trouble. “He’s spending the political capital he’s accumulated for a decade,” Alex Conant, a GOP strategist who worked in President George W. Bush’s White House and on then-Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign, told me.
2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, quoting Alex Conant, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 政治資本 /政治资本
- 政治資本 /政治资本 (zhèngzhì zīběn)Translations
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political capital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/political%20capital
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