Someone who has opposite political views than you and may debate them with you, or belong to another party than you or may be your opponent in an election.
Whigs
An antijacobin is a political opponent of the Jacobins - Dominican friars.
A political ploy is something done by a political party or individual calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously.
Ferdinand Marcos
his opponent was to slow and he was much faster
He killed his political opponent, and took power by force.
a commercial making false statments about a political candidate's opponent
You cannot intentionally "be mean" to an opponent by taunting them, yelling at them, cursing at them, etc. This is unsportsmanlike conduct and is against the rules.
A political candidate who accuses his opponent of reckless spending is using the demonization tactic. This is a less than honorable method of lessening a political candidate by accusing him or her of some sort of evil deed. True or not, there are a certain percentile of voters who will believe it and allow their vote to be affected by the tactic.
Though a political opponent, he was still respectful toward the mayor.
It is a professional wrestling move that is employed to humiliate the opponent by rubbing their exposed buttocks at the opponent's face while the opponent is stranded on the corner of the ring.
Ghana and is simple through our political campaigns which has to do with saying things against your political opponent to win the people to vote for you. By Mr Abednego Quayefio from Ghana