Where everything is bipartisan until it is not.
When a popular presidential candidate helps down-ballot candidates from their party win, or when they drag down weaker candidates through no fault of their own.
The process where a legislative committee edits, amends, and debates a bill before sending it to a full floor vote. Where sausage-making reaches peak visibility.
The exclusive space where legislative power actually gets distributed, far from public view and constituent input.
A subdivision or distinct section of a larger administrative unit—used in vexillology to describe the corner section of a flag, or in government to denote regional divisions.
Involving multiple political parties working together in uncommon unity, usually because the problem is too big for petty tribalism. Rarer than a meteorite made of pure gold.
A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government, typically abbreviated to 'coup.'