two-party system

Examples of two-party system in the following topics:

• Political Parties and Elections

  • The type of electoral system is a major factor in determining the type of party political system.
  • In countries with a simple plurality voting system there can be as few as two parties elected in any given jurisdiction.
  • In two-party systems, such as in Jamaica and Ghana, the two political parties dominate to such an extent that electoral success under the banner of any other party is virtually impossible.
  • Multi-party systems are systems in which more than two parties are represented and elected to public office.
  • Evaluate the party system, both in proportional representation voting systems and two-party systems

• Political Parties

  • However, there are two main parties in presidential contention:
  • A multi-party system is a system in which three or more political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition.
  • First-past-the-post is not conducive to a proliferation of parties, and naturally gravitates toward a two-party system, in which only two parties have a real chance of electing their candidates to office.
  • A two-party system requires voters to align themselves in large blocs, sometimes so large that they cannot agree on any overarching principles.
  • The United States is an example of where there may be a multi-party system but that only two parties have ever formed government.

• Democracy in the U.S.

  • Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  • Unlike the United Kingdom and other similar parliamentary systems that directly choose a particular political party, Americans vote for a specific candidate.
  • The modern political party system in the United States is a two-party system dominated by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
  • These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1852, and have controlled the United States Congress since at least 1856.
  • Among the two major parties, the Democratic Party generally positions itself as left-of-center in American politics and supports a liberal platform, while the Republican Party generally positions itself as right-of-center and supports a conservative platform.

• The U.S. Political System

  • Although nothing in U.S. law requires it, in practice, the political system is dominated by political parties.
  • With rare exceptions, elections are decided between the two major parties: Democrats and Republicans.
  • Therefore, much of U.S. politics boils down to party politics.

• Divorce and Its Legal Ramifications

  • Under a no-fault divorce system, divorce requires no allegation or proof of fault of either party.
  • Under a no-fault divorce system, divorce requires no allegation or proof of fault of either party.
  • By contrast, fault-based divorce systems require proof by one party that the other party has committed an act incompatible to the marriage.
  • If the two parties cannot come to an agreement, they may ask the court to decide how to split property and deal with the custody of their children.
  • In a divorce mediation session, a mediator facilitates the discussion between the two parties by assisting with communication and providing information and suggestions to help resolve differences.

• Cooperation

  • Cooperation is the process of two or more people working or acting in concert.
  • Cooperation is the process of two or more people working or acting together.
  • Cooperation enables social reality by laying the groundwork for social institutions, organizations, and the entire social system.
  • Cooperation derives from an overlap in desires and is more likely if there is a relationship between the parties.
  • Voluntary cooperation is cooperation to which all parties consent.

• Types of Governments

  • Even though there is no universally accepted definition of 'democracy', there are two principles that any definition of democracy includes.
  • Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system that strives to regulate nearly every aspect of public and private life.
  • A Communist state is a state with a form of government characterized by single-party rule of a Communist party and a professed allegiance to an ideology of communism as the guiding principle of the state.
  • Communist states may have several legal political parties, but the Communist party is usually granted a special or dominant role in government, often by statute or under the constitution.
  • For Marxist-Leninists, the state and the Communist Party claim to act in accordance with the wishes of the industrial working class; for Maoists, the state and party claim to act in accordance to the peasantry.

• Value Contradictions

  • An example of conflict would be a value system based on individualism pitted against a value system based on collectivism.
  • In this case, the two value systems (one personal and one communal) are externally consistent provided they bear no contradictions or situational exceptions between them.
  • For example, although sharing a set of common values, such as hockey is better than baseball or ice cream is better than fruit, two different parties might not rank those values equally.
  • Also, two parties might disagree as to whether certain actions are right or wrong, both in theory and in practice, and find themselves in an ideological or physical conflict.
  • A rational value system organized to resolve the conflict between two such value systems might take this form: Individuals may act freely unless their actions harm others or interfere with others' freedom or with functions of society that individuals need, provided those functions do not themselves interfere with these proscribed individual rights and were agreed to by a majority of the individuals.

• Dictatorship and Totalitarianism

  • Dictatorship and totalitarianism are often associated, but they are actually two separate phenomena.
  • Dictatorship can also be defined simply as "a system that does not adhere to democracy," where democracy is defined as a form of government where those who govern are selected through contested elections.
  • Totalitarianism entails a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority, and it strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
  • Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through all-encompassing propaganda campaigns (disseminated through the state-controlled mass media), a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.
  • In 1972, Nixon traveled to China and met with Mao Zedong, the leader of the totalitarian Chinese Communist Party.

• Democratic Socialism

  • On one end, democratic socialism may combine a democratic national political system with a national economy based on socialist principles.
  • On the other end, democratic socialism may refer to a system that uses democratic principles to organize workers in a firm or community (for example, in worker cooperatives).
  • Debs made five bids for president: once in 1900 as candidate of the Social Democratic Party and then four more times on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America.
  • Leninism is based on the philosophy of Vladimir Lenin, who advocated organized revolution led by a vanguard party.
  • In 2012, French voters elected the Socialist Party candidate, François Hollande, into office with the expectation that he will meet his campaign promises to introduce greater socialist policy.