political football

noun

: an issue that politicians argue about and try to use for their advantage

This issue is too important to be treated as a political football.

Examples of political football in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Days after the high cost of World Cup fees became a political football, officials in New Jersey on Friday revealed the final price fans will pay just to get to the stadium. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026

America’s $39 trillion national debt has become a familiar political football—batted around in budget negotiations, invoked at congressional hearings, and largely ignored between elections. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

Never mind the fact that pretty much everyone with a social-media account was seeing the same video, in some cases sharing it, in some cases reducing Iryna to a political football. —Julia Coin april 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026

That may be surprising to some as the notion of alternative energy has been a political football for over a decade. —Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026

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