Questions tagged [political-party]
a group of people organised with the goal of advancing certain political aims within a polity. Covers Questions on the history of specific political parties, as well as the party system of politics in general.
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When were U.S. political parties realigned?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in his interview with Tucker Carlson (@1:17), says:
There's been a bunch of realignments (about 4 or 5) throughout American history; and I think we're going through one right ...
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What's the source of John Adams's quote against the two-party system?
Drutman, Lee. “America Is Now the Divided Republic the Framers Feared.” The Atlantic, January 2, 2020.
claims John Adams said
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Why didn't the early chancellors of the German Empire belong to any political party?
I was checking the political party affiliations of the chancellors of the 2nd Reich, and it appears that until the later years of World War 1, all of them were politically independent. This is in ...
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Has there ever been an election where the two biggest parties form a coalition to govern?
For example, suppose there are 100 seats available. Party A wins 45 seats, party B wins 45 seats, and party C wins 10 seats. "Usually" party A and party B will court party C, and whoever C ...
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How did 19th century politicians discredit rivals?
I'm writing a fantasy novel in which a pivotal election takes place (first vote in which everyone above the age of 21 can vote - and the first time women can vote). The setting of the novel is heavily ...
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When and why did blue become the colour of the British Conservative Party?
In Britain at Elections Conservative Party candidates always wear blue rosettes and Conservative posters usually feature the colour blue, so that even if someone does not stop to read the poster they ...
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Which 1848 German revolutionaries became key players in the US Republican party?
Gillian Brockell wrote in an article at the WP:
In 1860, two major factors helped to propel Lincoln — a one-term
congressman and country lawyer most known for losing a Senate campaign
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Why does the USA only have two political parties?
This question sounds naive at first, but let me explain:
In most sources it is argued that the "first past the post" system of voting favours the existence of just two (relevant) political parties. ...
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Was the Reichspropaganda-Leitung (RPL) known to the Germany public? [closed]
I noticed that the Nazi propaganda department was literally called "Reichspropaganda-Leitung (RPL)", "the propaganda office". Was this the public name of it, or, a secret name used behind closed doors?...
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In what case was being called a Federalist considered libel?
I know, according to this site here: , in Indiana on 9/3/1857 (see note below), a man was accused of being a Federalist, sued for libel, and won a thousand dollars. The site describes
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Have national symbols often acquired partisan meanings?
In the U.S. today the Republican Party and its partisans use much more patriotic imagery than its opposition. Conservatives highly value loyalty (see Haidt's moral foundations theory). The national ...
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Was Hitler ever a member of the Reichstag?
Pretty much what the title says. Hitler apparently wasn't noted for any parliamentary activity; either he was never a member of the Reichstag (MR), or he was a quite non-notable MR.
Ballots of the ...
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Is the Alexandria, Va. "Republican shooting" the first mass shooting of its kind in the USA?
If you are unaware, Republican members and lawmakers of the United States were recently the target of a mass shooting in Alexandria, Virginia. It seems that the gunman's target was specifically their ...
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How were political factions in the late Roman republic different from political parties today?
I've read that in the 1st century BCE, Rome came to be dominated by a dispute between two political factions: the Optimates, representing the traditionalist patrician families, who wanted to lock down ...
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Was the title "Democratic-Republican" really used?
I've read about Democratic-Republicans, and I've never seen it mentioned that they actually didn't use the term, but I read that (from http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/election-faq.html)
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When and why did the Democrats become the more liberal of the two main parties in the USA? [closed]
Any informed suggestions welcome
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What made the generation-switch hard in Soviet Union?
I always wondered, why didn't the Soviet leadership have similar generation changes like Chinese had later with Deng Xiao Ping?
Only Gorbachev could get the leadership as second-generation communist ...
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Was George Wallace's American Independent party (1968) "the same party" as Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat party (1948)?
The party that nominated George Wallace for president in 1968 (the American Independent Party) seems very similar to the State's Rights Democratic Party (aka. Dixiecrat) that nominated Strom Thurmond ...
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Nomination of candidates in 1824 election
The traditional method of nominating candidates before 1824 in America was "King Caucus", informal congressional caucus. For the 1824 election, William Crawford was nominated by Caucus and four other ...
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Were dissident KPD members ratted out to the Gestapo?
In her essay "Gestern Morgen", Bini Adamczak tells a story from Manes Sperbers "Wie eine Träne im Ozean." I'll paraphrase:
In 1935, a member of the German Communist Party (KPD) finds himself
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Pre-1950s views of West European Socialist parties on the welfare state
The eminent Robert Paxton writes in a recent article, somewhat in passing:
Continental European Marxists opposed piecemeal welfare measures as
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Why didn't Ronald Reagan become Republican candidate for the President of the USA in 1976?
I'd really like to know, how did it happen that Ronald Reagan lost the Republican Party presidential primaries in 1976, against Gerald Ford.
It's easier for me to understand that he could fail in the ...
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Who turned the (originally) "anti-slavery" GOP into the "pro-business" party?
It is my understanding that the Republican Party arose from the anti-slavery movement, and, more specifically, as a reaction against the 1854 repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
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If the nazi is a far-right party, why is it socialist? [closed]
The Nazi Party stands for the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), which sounds like a name for a communist party, why is it considered a far-...
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What factors led to the rise of political parties in the United States?
I know that at the time the Constitution was drafted partisan political parties did not exist, not in the way that we conceive of them today, and George Washington did not have a political party. ...
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Do most of today's democratic nations with two-party system exhibit a civil war in recent past?
I was thinking about the two-party system in USA and comparing it to mostly multi-party systems in Europe and was wondering, if this national state of democracy is mainly caused by political decisions ...
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Why did the Federalist Party collapse?
The Federalist Party in the United States was a significant political force during the early years of the United States' history. Wikipedia doesn't really cite reasons why the party declined and ...
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