political beliefs and systems that place a lot of importance on the group to which people see themselves as belonging to, especially according to their race, gender (= whether they are male, female, or a different gender), or sexual orientation (= whether they are attracted to people of the same or a different gender)

With a female candidate and an African-American candidate, analysts wondered about the role that identity politics would play in the election. 由于有一位女性候选人和一位非裔美国人候选人，分析家们想知道的是身份政治在选举中会扮演什么角色。