Examples of divided government in the following topics:
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- Despite the perceived problems of divided government, the President and Congress are often able, out of necessity, to establish an effective working relationship.
- Divided government is suggested by some to be an undesirable product of the separation of powers in the United States' political system.
- Earlier in the 20th century, divided government was rare, but since the 1970s it has become increasingly common.
- Mainly in part due to the Watergate scandal which has popularized the idea that a divided government is a beneficial for the country.
- Despite the perceived problems of divided government, the President and Congress are often able, out of necessity, to establish an effective working relationship.
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- The legislative branch can significantly affect the power of the governing party by employing a series of checks and balances.
- The Democratic and Republican Parties can check the power of the governing party by holding seats in the legislative branch of the government.
- The legislative branch of the United States government is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives.
- The legislative branch can also check the governing party by starting investigations against the executive branch.
- The tendency of the Democratic Party to embrace a more active government role in the lives of citizens versus the tendency of the Republican Party to favor limited government intervention in citizens' lives, highlights the difficulties that arise when a divided government exists.
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- Some states have their counties further divided into townships.
- The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government: county governments, town or township governments, municipal governments and special-purpose local governments.
- All the states are divided into counties for administrative purposes.
- Municipal governments are organized local governments authorized in state constitutions and statutes, established to provide general government for a defined area, generally corresponding to a population center rather than one of a set of areas into which a county is divided.
- Municipal governments are usually administratively divided into several departments, depending on the size of the city.
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- Federalism is the system where sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent units.
- Federalism is the system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units.
- Dual federalism is a political arrangement in which power is divided between national and state governments in clearly defined terms, with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the national government.
- After the Civil War, the federal government increased its influence on everyday life and its size relative to state governments.
- The national government was forced to cooperate with all levels of government to implement the New Deal policies; local government earned an equal standing with the other layers, as the federal government relied on political machines at the city level to bypass state legislatures.
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- Federalism in the United States is the evolving relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States.
- The term "federalism" is also used to describe a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units.
- Federalism in the United States is the evolving relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States.
- Dual federalism is a theory of federal constitutional law in the United States according to which governmental power is divided into two separate spheres.
- The national government was forced to cooperate with all levels of government to implement the New Deal policies; local government earned an equal standing with the other layers, as the federal government relied on political machines at a city level to bypass state legislatures.
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- Local government in the United States is structured in accordance with the laws of the various individual states, territories, and the District of Columbia.
- Typically each state has at least two separate tiers of local government: counties and municipalities.
- Some states further have their counties divided into townships.
- Linkage institutions provide a way for people to get involved in government and the political process.
- They are not the only linkage institutions; others include blogs, non-partisan local governments, and school boards.
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- America functioned under dual federalism until the federal government increased influence after the Civil War.
- Dual federalism is a theory of federal constitutional law in the United States where governmental power is divided into two separate spheres.
- Within such jurisprudence, the federal government has authority only where the Constitution so enumerates.
- The federal government is considered limited generally to those powers listed in the Constitution.
- After the Civil War, the federal government increased in influence greatly on everyday life and in size relative to state governments.
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- Shays' rebellion prompted the Boston elite and members of the central government to question the strength of the American government.
- While Daniel Shays was in hiding, the government condemned him to death on the charge of treason.
- Influence is not government.
- Historical opinion is divided on what sort of role the rebellion played in the formation and later ratification of the United States Constitution, although most scholars agree it played some role, at least temporarily drawing some anti-Federalists to the strong government side.
- In early 1787 John Jay wrote that the rural disturbances and the inability of the central government to fund troops in response made "the inefficiency of the Federal government [become] more and more manifest. " Henry Knox observed that the uprising in Massachusetts clearly influenced local leaders who had previously opposed a strong federal government.
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- The concept of the state can be distinguished from the concept of government.
- That is, governments are the means through which state power is employed.
- States are served by a continuous succession of different governments.
- As an institution created by the human nature to govern society, it is vulnerable to abuse by people for their own gain, no matter what form of government a state utillises, thus posing that there is no 'best' form of government.
- The terms "left" and "right" appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
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- People can be motivated to vote based on their political ideology, or how they think government, economy, and society should be structured.
- Modern American liberalism aims at the preservation and extension of human, social and civil rights as well as the government guaranteed provision of positive rights.
- It aims at protecting traditional values (especially on social issues) while promoting the concept of small government.
- Liberals and progressives commonly advocate strong civil liberties, social progressivism, cultural pluralism, government ensuring of positive rights (education, health care, etc.) and a mixed economy.
- CNN exit polls have found moderates to be rather evenly divided between the country's two main parties.