The Australian Labor Party (ALP)

In conclusion the introduction of a third major party in Australian politics could be seen as a process to offset the pathetic populist competition between our two major parties. This along with a review on voting structures and a refocusing of political agendas to again centre on party policies would diversify the variety of issues arising in the political arena and benefit national interests. From all political evidence I do agree that Australia’s two-party system is outdated as the continuation of populist politics threatens to overshadow essential policy making.

The role of the minor parties within the Australian political system can be as their title suggests, quite minor. On the other hand, a minor party can influence the political proceedings of this country in more ways than one. Minor parties can highlight socio-economic problems that quite often fly under the radar of the larger political parties, or simply can broaden electoral debate. Often spawning from a social, or in the case of the Greens, an environmental movement, minor parties tend to only last through one election, due to a lack of support and relevance in the mainstream social fabric. The minor parties can become crucial players come election time, due to Australia’s law of Compulsory preferential voting. Jaensch (1983, p.21)

The National Republicans were a political party created after the Election of 1824. Although John Quincy Adams lost to Andrew Jackson in the Election of 1828 the party opposed to Jackson was the National Republican Party, or Anti-Jacksonians created and run by Henry Clay. It had a nationalistic outlook, and wanted to use national resources to build a strong economy. Its platform was a system of nationally financed internal improvements and a protective tariff, which would promote faster economic development. The National Republicans were significant in that they were the opposition party to the Democrats and Andrew Jackson, but also, with their strong economical policies and ideas, fostered the creation of the Market Economy.

The Socialist Party of the United States, commonly referred to as the Socialist Party USA or the Socialist Party, is a democratic socialist party who has many issues they purpose answers to through their socialist lens. The party was founded in 1973 after its predecessor, the Socialist Party of America, dissolved into multiple socialist parties, most notably, the Social Democrats of the United States of America, and the Socialist Party of the United States. The party, along with its predecessor, has received varying degrees of support throughout its history. The Socialist Party has had to compete against the major two parties in elections, and while similarities can be drawn between it and

It is important that a party has a well rounded campaign that addresses the needs and ideas of different groups because a country contains people with different ethnics, race and genders. These people are part of the whole population and should be acknowledged as well as receiving equal rights as other groups. By addressing different groups the political party and the citizens both benefit. The group will feel as though their needs are being met and feel secure under the hands of the party. On the other hand, the party will earn their respect and ultimately their votes. Political party such as Liberal Party of Canada has successfully met the standards of being well rounded, as their politics involve positive changes for different groups. Canada

The Republican party or Grand Old Party (GOP), for over 150 years, has maintained itself as a major political party within the United States of America. As a whole, the republican party follows the belief of military build up ,less taxes, and more importantly, a limited government. However, throughout recent years there has been an influx of conservative values being spread throughout the GOP. These values include harsh stances against: homosexuality, immigration, and abortion. This recent “conservative trend” has caused many to see the party as out of date. Ironically, it has not always been like this, as the party was once what would be defined as “liberal”. These liberal views included support of “conservatism” and universal health care(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/four-things-republicans-used-to-believe-2011-07-18). So, what happened? In short, the conservative influx in the 1950s would lead to this drastic change of views, which would lead us to today 's far right republican party. In order to-

Prime Minister Christie is confronted with the difficulty of leading a large majority in parliament. There's absolutely no guarantee of harmony in the corridors of power and politics. There's no evidence to suggest that the governing party is deeply divided, we bear witness to the political consequences of adding a new element of uncertainty to the mix. Any parliamentarian will tell you that YOUR worst day in government is a hundred times better than your best day in opposition. The Progressive Liberal Party are now learning that your worst day with a majority is about a thousand times better than your best with a minority. Political parties cannot ignore the influence of back-benches nor can they deny their significance. Where there lacks

During the Gilded Age, a new third party, the Populist or People’s Party, was created. This political movement was established to speak for those in the United States who were farmers and agricultural workers or in any classes of production. Farmers were hit with hard times after the economy was influenced by the Industrial Revolution. The crop-lien system put the majority of farmers in a large amount of debt and government-implemented tariffs decreased the value of production for farmers. Due to these hardships, the Farmers Alliance was formed in an effort to stop the sharecropping system that caused the financial trouble. This organization began persuading farmers to support the idea of bimetallism,

The Australian Labor Party is the oldest Australian party which was formed. It was created in 1890 by workers who banded together to fight for the unemployed and for better working conditions. This is why the Labor party has always had strong links with various trade unions. The Labor Party had been in opposition for 11 years before they were elected for Government in 2007 which means that they were Government for a much shorter amount of time compared to The Liberal Party.

A provincial election in British Columbia has never before left so much uncertainty. With such a close vote margin separating the BC Liberals from the BC NDP party, the BC Green party with their 3 seats were seemingly able to shift in power in their favour. While negotiations between parties occurred last week, it seemed that of the main points on contentions separating the BC Liberals from gaining the support of the Green party was the Site C project. Site C raises a lot of important questions about the balance between BC’s economy and BC environmental conservative nature. For those of you who remain unaware, the Site C project is a large-scale earth filled hydroelectric dam proposed on the Peace River in north-eastern BC and will be

One hot topic between Democrats and Republicans is abortion. The Democratic Party is pro-choice, which means they believe women have the right to choose to if she would like a safe and legal abortion or not. However, the Republican Party is pro-life, meaning they believe the unborn baby is a human life that individual rights, and therefore abortion should not be legal. Both parties support adoption as an alternative for abortion (ontheissues.org). I am pro-choice and support the Democratic stance on this issue as my solution. Having an abortion is usually the hardest a woman makes in her lifetime and I would never be able to support a platform that limited my constitution liberty of choice.

To maintain power, the LDP party introduced “Iron Triangle”. It functions as three-way relationship among bureaucrats, congress (LDP) and lobby groups (Interest groups). Each individual group play some action that will satisfy each other’s group by creating unshakable and unbreakable bond. For example, congress and their major pursuit is reelection whereas bureaucrats and their goal is to maintain their position and achieve the department’s funding. Lastly, the lobbyist (interest groups) is to represent individuals’ corporation and get legislative advantage to his or her company need to undergo. Japan Inc. can be identified as maintaining cozy relationship between utilizing the theory of iron triangle.

And the Social-Democratic Party simply (Needs) a DEAR LEADER it can blindly follow without question or common laws. Get a job, get a life, get a clue, the world is a rough place to live in;however, it's the only place to do it. Big government and less control over your lives and treasure is not a solution, ask the Russian people how the socialists treated them once in power!

Labour party the third biggest party with Nicolas Sturgeon leading them but also being the

The Justice and Development Party, also known as AKP, is an islamist political party that currently has power in Turkey. The groups ideology is “Islamic” and its principles should be present in the country, however it should not be radical. Islam should still have a major influence on society. So, how well is this political party controlling the Turkish state? I will argue that it is been a successful organization in terms of secularism, but failed in implementing Islamic principles.