I am not a student of the history of the word "politics." I do not know the word's origin. But, I do notice the word "pole" in there and note that politics creates poles to pull the populace apart.
  I could say this more harshly. I could note the word "tick" is also in there, and the word "I." I could conclude that the meaning of politics is, "I am a tick and I run to my pole."