pork-barrelling

English

Etymology

pork barrel +‎ -ing.

Noun

pork-barrelling (uncountable)

1. (politics) The practice of giving favours or money to voters in connection with a candidate for a current or future election, in order to sway enough voters so that the candidate will win.
2. (politics) The practice of an elected politician giving favours or money to some or all voters in the politician's electorate, or to certain organizations, as compensation or payback for support from those voters or organizations in the past.

Usage notes

• The practice of buying or selling votes directly with money or tangible benefits is illegal in most modern democracies, but term is used to describe doing so indirectly with general promises of "lower taxes", "better benefits", "less red tape", etc.

Alternative forms

• pork barrelling, porkbarreling, pork-barreling

Translations

practice of giving favours or money for support

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 政治分肥 (zhèngzhì fēnféi), 政治分贓／政治分赃 (zhèngzhì fēnzāng)

• Dutch: stemmenlokkerij, favoritisme (nl),cliëntelisme (nl)
• Finnish: siltarumpupolitiikka (fi), tukipolitiikka
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kirchturmpolitik (de) f