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Parent topics[edit]
- Politics [r]: The process by which human beings living in communities make decisions and establish obligatory values for their members. [e]
- Party system [r]: The set of political parties, voter alignments, and electoral conventions that for a time dominate a country's electoral process [e]
Subtopics[edit]
- Bipartisan [r]: In a system with two political parties, a group that tries for balance by having equal representation from both parties; the party identification, however, remains strong; may be extended to multiparty systems but still involves specific party representation and positions [e]
- Nonpartisan [r]: In jurisdictions that have a political party system, an organization, which can be public, private, or quasi-governmental, in which party membership is not a membership criterion and the group avoids adopting the specific position of any party [e]
Party processes[edit]
- Partisan realignment [r]: Shift in a political system's configuration of voters' partisan identifications and political parties' vote shares. [e]
Specific parties[edit]
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