Political parties in the United States

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    conservative or liberal. There is a political spectrum with the extreme left being associated with socialist or communist leanings and the extreme right with fascism and conservatism. This axis is thought to have come from the seating plan of the 18th century French parliament. In most democratic societies today the main political parties are located firmly in the center of the political spectrum, with only slight divergence to the left or the right. In the United States the Democrats are known as liberals

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    spite of these numbers, main party candidates continue to be elected into office. Americans cannot vote third party for fear of a wasted vote, or literally cannot vote third party due to the historically unfair standards third parties must meet to gain ballot access. There currently are third parties in the US but with the US’s system of voting, no third party can rise to the same level of the Democrats or Republicans. Historically, the US has had several third parties run successful campaigns, but

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    The federalists were the original political party of the United States with the development of the constitution. As with any political party they have their precancerous and wishes on societal impacts, they have their values. The values of the federalist party, as implied by their name was to have a strong centralized federal government, and with that they had three branches to divide the power. The federalists helped to shape the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the government through

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    eligible members of the state elect trusted representatives to govern the nation. The objective of a democracy is to encourage participation in public and political life. It is recommended that all citizens carefully pay attention to potential political leaders and universal news. In order to be knowledgable of a new and impending head of state, organized groups with political aims and opinions have formed political parties. The stronger the attachment to a political party increases the probability

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    A political party is a team of politicians, activist and voters whose goal is to win control of government. In the United States we have two major parties called the Republican and Democratic Party. The system used in the United States is “winner take all” system because there is not reward for the party that finishes in second place. These parties try to be as large as possible to get the most amounts on votes possible. These two parties were once one party, in 1792 the Democratic-Republican Party

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    country that is one party dominated—China, where I grew up, people are not much interested in China’s political system, since we did not have a say about who is going to be the chairman of China, nor making any changes to our political system. Therefore, I found it fascinated to study other country’s political parties. There are two major parties in the America. The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, also known as the "Grand Old Party". It used to be known

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    Peace, love, equality, the environment, and global unity are all interests of the Green Party. They abolish the death penalty and consider the government to have cruel and unusual punishment. They are oppose the death penalty citing racial bias, failure to deter crime, widespread errors, and humanitarian objections.When it comes to the Military, the Green Party believes in demilitarizing. Demilitarization is the reduction of the Military which involves the reduction of the army, weapons, and military

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    election, most of the candidates for president passes through a series of states primaries and caucuses. To Illustrate, primaries are private voting all day long, and caucuses are public voting at a specific time. Primaries and caucuses runs different, but both have the same purpose that is help the states to choose the political parties’ nominees for the general election. The election process begins whit the candidates for each party; next, the candidates have to accumulate a number of delegate votes

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    the two political parties that run the government in America. Today, America primarily has a two-party system, the Democrats and Republicans. They are always seen on the news bickering and fighting with one another, and it is never a surprise if a bill is going to pass, depending on which party is in control of Congress at the moment. When you get into an argument with a sibling, significant other, parents, etc., it can make it hard to focus on anything else going on in life. The parties are always

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    Political parties are fundamental to building democracy. These parties are organized by people with a wide range of policy preferences, who then recruit, and run slates of candidates for office. Political parties do this in an attempt to capture control of the National and State government(s). When a political party controls the government, they are then capable of legislating public, and foreign policy aligned with their party’s ideology and preferences. An important way to look at the importance

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