Atari Democrat

English Alternative forms en ATARI Democrat Etymology From Atari, a prominent video game system in the 1970s and early 1980s. Noun en US politics informal historical A member of the US Democratic Party who emphasizes the role of high tech, in particular information technology, for economic growth. en 2004 John B. Judis; Ruy Teixeira The Emerging Democratic Majority Simon and Schuster 9780743254786 132 https://books.google.com/books?id=ItAOKZs4PqIC&pg=PA132&dq=%22Atari+Democrat%22&hl=&cd=23&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Atari%20Democrat%22&f=false [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. en 2022 Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020 4 w:Gary Gerstle Oxford University Press The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era New York 978-0-19-751964-6 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). See also en boll weevil en Reagan Democrat Further reading