Meaning of Atari Democrat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Atari Democrat.
   alt-of
2. A member of the US Democratic Party who emphasizes the role of high tech, in particular information technology, for economic growth.
   US, historical, informal

Examples

“[Paul] Tsongas was, perhaps, the original neoliberal and Atari Democrat. In 1980, he had shocked the audience at an Americans for Democratic Action gathering by urging them to focus⟳ on economic growth rather than the redistribution of wealth and by advocating the deregulation of natural gas prices.”

“When Walter Mondale, a traditional New Deal⟳ liberal […] lost by a wide margin to Reagan in the presidential election of 1984, the Atari Democrats joined a larger group of frustrated Democratic officials to found the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).”

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