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Atari Democrat
In 1980s and 1990s US politics, the phrase Atari Democrat references Democratic legislators who suggested that the support and development of high tech and related businesses would stimulate the economy and create jobs. The term refers to the Atari brand of video game consoles and arcade machines, which was prominent in the 1980s.
==Definition==
A 1983 ''San Jose Mercury News'' article defined "Atari Democrats" as "smart young congressmen who sought to make the restoration of American business their issue". A 1984 ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' article defined the term as "a young liberal trying to push the party toward more involvement with high-tech solutions." It also noted that, "Since July 1982, it has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''Business Week'', ''Fortune'', ''Time'' and () in ''The Wall Street Journal''."〔 A few years later, in 1989, ''The New York Times'' suggested that Atari Democrats, now also known as "Democrats' Greens", were "young moderates who saw investment and high technology as the contemporary answer to the New Deal." The ''Times'' also discussed a generation gap which developed during the 1980s between older liberals who maintained an interest in traditional visions of social liberalism and Atari Democrats who attempted to find a middle ground:
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