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Definition:
A political
party is a
political organization
that seeks to attain
political
power within a
government,
usually by participating in electoral campaigns. Parties often
espouse a certain
ideology
and vision, but may also represent a coalition among disparate
interests." Source:
Wikipedia
Resources
Political parties will always
exist as long as humans disagree on how governments should be
run. People gravitate towards men and women who match their
way of thinking and acting. Parties allow individuals to act
in a unified way to express their wills. Parties can range
from single issues such as the Vegetarian Party to the broad
spectrums of the Democratic and Republican Parties. Each party
has as its goal the changing of the way people live, think or
act.
American Political
Development
Michael F. Holt,
Political Parties and American Political Development from the
Age of Jackson to the Age of Lincoln (LSU Press, 1992) and The
Rise and Fall
First Party System -
Wikipedia
The First American Party System" in
William Nisbet Chambers and Walter Dean Burnham, eds. The
American Party Systems: Stages of Political Development ...
Politics of the United
States - Wikipedia
Development of the
two-party system in the United States ... The result is that
American political parties have weak central organizations and
little ...
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