political climate

From political + climate. In popular usage by late 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈklaɪmət/
• Hyphenation: pol‧it‧i‧cal cli‧mate

political climate (plural political climates)

1. The aggregate mood or opinions of a population about current political issues that affect said population in some way.

   The political climate has warmed up to the plan.

The term is generally used in politics to refer to public opinion on certain issues. It has connotations of a public consensus on said issues, but using it as such can be highly relative depending upon the point of view of the user.

• discourse (the current political or social topic, or prevailing political or social norm)
• Overton window (acceptable political views in a society)