pollhorizon

/ˌpəʊlhəˈraɪzən/nounVerified New

An election that is perpetually promised and perpetually receding as it approaches.

A date is announced, then refined, then "conditions" are cited. The horizon moves at exactly the speed of the officials walking toward it.

Etym. — poll + horizon; the optical term does the political work.

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