pocketbook issue
bread-and-butter issue

Most were bread-and-butter domestic issues, like teachers' and doctors' salaries.

For starters, the election showed that bread-and-butter issues could triumph over religious frenzy.

"The American people deserve leadership that comes to grips with bread-and-butter economic issues and takes on powerful interests," he wrote.

"We are talking about fundamental bread-and-butter racial issues," he said.

She also believed in fighting for bread-and-butter Republican issues, like tax cuts and fiscal responsibility.

In the meantime, however, there remained some bread-and-butter issues, such as a matter of milk, to be dealt with at home.

"We need someone who will look at our bread-and-butter issues of village government like sewers, drinking water and traffic."

The clash between the old and the new Flushing is reflected in bread-and-butter political issues.

The group is concerned almost entirely with classic liberal bread-and-butter issues.

In an election year, raising the minimum wage is a bread-and-butter issue.