rallying point

Raising taxes may be necessary, but it is not a rallying point or a reason for reelection.

The rallying point was the Stonewall Inn, a bar in Greenwich Village.

The Railway Benevolent Institution provided a rallying point.

His powerful body and stern spirit formed a rallying-point for every white man aboard.

He was my only rallying point in this wild Polish town; he was the sole plank to which I could cling.

For years it has been the rallying point of Boston's most notable gatherings—political, intellectual, and religious.

False to the core, he has no rallying point within to fall back upon.