Party Whip

Definition

A legislative official whose job is to enforce party discipline by convincing, threatening, or bribing fellow party members to vote the right way, which sounds dystopian but is basically just normal politics.

Example Usage

The majority whip personally visited five fence-sitting representatives to ensure they'd vote for the party's bill.

Origin

From fox-hunting term 'whipping in'; applied to politics in 18th-century Parliament

Fun Fact

There are actually 'deputy whips' and different whips for different purposes—it's a whole hierarchy of vote-coercion

Source: Legislative organization terminology

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