pocketbook issue

English

Noun

pocketbook issue (plural pocketbook issues)

1. (politics) Synonym of bread-and-butter issue.
   • 2025 February 24, Christopher F. Schuetze, Jim Tankersley, “5 Takeaways From Germany’s Election”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     The party leaders became social media stars. Heidi Reichinnek, who is credited for much of the turnaround, told a crowd on Sunday night that they owed their success to the many volunteers who went from door to door talking to people about pocketbook issues.