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  United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The United States also holds several other districts and possessions notably the federal district of the District of Columbia which is the nation's capital and overseas insular areas the most significant of which are Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.
The social structure of the United States is highly stratified with a large of the wealth of the country controlled a small fraction of the population which disproportionate cultural and political influence on the of the nation.
The United States is also a great of higher education boasting more than 1 universities colleges and other institutions of higher learning top tier of which may be considered be among the most prestigious and advanced the world.
www.freeglossary.com /United_States   (2576 words)

  
 Political Parties in the United States
In spite of the founders’ intentions, the United States was the first nation to develop parties organized on a national basis and to transfer executive power from one faction to another via an election in 1800.
The development of political parties was closely linked to the extension of the suffrage as qualifications requiring property ownership to vote were lifted during the early 1800s.
Among the world’s democracies, the United States is unique in its reliance upon primary elections to nominate partisan candidates for state and congressional offices and its use of state-level presidential primaries in the selection of presidential nominees.
usa.usembassy.de /etexts/gov/partiesej2000.htm   (2425 words)

  
 Political Parties II
Early political party in the United States, originally led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the 1790's in opposition to the Federalist Party and the ideas of Alexander Hamilton.
Popular name for the National Party, a political party organized in 1878 by workers and farmers as a means of relieving their economic difficulties resulting from the depression of the 1870s.
Political party active in the United States between 1891 and 1908, supported mainly by farmers in the South and West.
www.mrgibbonsclass.com /politicalparties2.html   (2583 words)

  
 sociology - United States Prohibition Party
The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States.
While never one of the nation's leading parties, it was an important force in US politics in the late 19th century and the early years of the 20th century.
The party's greatest success was in 1919, with the passage of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed the production, sale, transportation, import, and export of alcohol.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Prohibition_Party   (292 words)

  
 Political Parties
Although political parties are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, and they are not an official part of the organizational structure of government, they play a major role in the American democratic process.
Political parties are voluntary groups of people from all walks of life, that want our government to work and operate in a certain way.
In America, people are free to join the political party of their choice, or to not join a political party at all.
www.jburgd12.k12.il.us /jjhs/Wbt/legtopic/polparty.htm   (606 words)

  
 List of political parties in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legally, the United States functions as a multi-party system – although political parties have no specific role under the U.S. Constitution, they are regulated by the constitutions of the individual states, which organize elections to both local and federal offices.
The second section is called “Current third parties” and it consists of those parties that have achieved (or, in the lead-up to an election, are reasonably expected to achieve) ballot status for their respective candidates for President of the United States in states with enough electoral votes to have a theoretical chance of winning.
Each of these non-major parties had ballot status for its presidential candidate in states with enough electoral votes to have had a theoretical chance of winning the 2004 presidential election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States   (855 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
The party ran nuclear physicist John Hagelin as the NLP Presidential nominee in 1992 (ballot status in 32 stares - 39,000 votes - 0.04%), 1996 (ballot status in 44 states - 7th place - 110,000 votes - 0.1%) and 2000 (ballot status in 39 stares - 7th place - 83,000 votes - 0.08%).
Marxist political organizer James Harris was the SWP Presidential nominee in 1996 (ballot status in 11 states - 8,500 votes - 0.01%) and 2000 (ballot status in 14 states - 7,378 votes - 9th place - 0.01%).
Marxist political organizer and journalist Róger Calero was the SWP Presidential nominee in 2004 -- ballot status in 14 states - 10,791 votes - 9th place - 0.01% -- even though he was constitutionally ineligible as a foreign citizen living in the US as a Permanent Resident Alien.
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In the end, Valelly asserts that political parties are an “essential foundation of both citizen involvement and citizen awareness of the issues facing a democratic polity.” The remedy is to make our party system more salient for voters and politicians.
However, the party system’s capacity for “peaceful revolution” was not automatic—if and when the party system lost its ability to adapt, the branches of government would lock up.
In this light, the public’s gripes are beside the point.” Political parties have little to do with whether Congress works well, or for that matter, that states with weak parties are not necessarily less generous with social policies.
www.wsu.edu /~michael3/ps101/literatures_political_parties.doc   (673 words)

  
 Political Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The focus of the course is on the ideas of political thought that retain their relevance for today’s society.
As an expansion of one of the fundamental goals of the political parties, the essential role of elections in a mass democracy will be examined in detail.
While largely a political history within the global context of the Cold War, Soviet internal and foreign policies were guided by the leaders of the Communist Party.
www.dsu.nodak.edu /Catalog_00/classes/political_science.htm   (1238 words)

  
 United States - Demopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The two principal political parties of the United States are the Republican and Democratic Parties.
It's end represented the true birth of the United States of America, regardless that the Declaration of Independence was written early in the process.
The Progressive Era is the period in the United States during which numerous reforms were made in an attempt to curb corruption in the government and industry.
demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/United_States   (735 words)

  
 Political Parties - U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The Republican Party was established in the 1850s by Abraham Lincoln and others who opposed the expansion of slavery.
Minor political parties, referred to as third parties, occasionally form in the United States, but their candidates are rarely elected to office.
Third parties often call attention to an issue that is of interest to the voters but that has been neglected by government.
phnompenh.usembassy.gov /political_parties.html   (159 words)

  
 Teacher Resources - Feature - Elections the American Way: Party System
It is likely that political parties will continue to play a major role in presidential elections in the new millennium.
the inhabitants of this district or that district, the followers of this political leader or that political leader, the disciples of this religious sect or that religious sect.
In all cases where a majority are united by a common interest or passion, the rights of the minority are in danger.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpedu/features/election/partysys.html   (597 words)

  
 Library & Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
political - having to do with the way a country is run or the way a party believes it should be run
State Senate - the senior body of the legislature.
We have 24 state senators in New Hampshire.
www.politicallibrary.org /cards/MiscCardStuff/glos.html   (625 words)

  
 Political Advocacy Groups: Political Parties
"The mission of the Constitution Party is to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity through the election, at all levels of government, of Constitution Party candidates who will uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
"The Green Party of the United States is a confederation of state Green Parties.
A primary role of the political organization is to challenge the political apparatus of the capitalist class and its monopoly of state power, while promoting worker classconsciousness and emphasizing the need for organizing working-class strength on the economic field.
www.csuchico.edu /~kcfount/parties.html   (721 words)

  
 ThisNation.com--What is the history of "third parties" in the United States?
In fact, in the United States Congress, there is only one member in the House of Representatives that is not a Republican or a Democrat--Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is an Independent.
In fact, the declining success of the Reform Party is due in large part to the fact that both the Republicans and Democrats have taken up the core issues championed by Ross Perot in 1992--balancing the budget and reforming the federal government.
In American political history, third parties have served the important purpose of refocusing the two major political parties on issues they have ignored or dealt with ineffectively.
www.thisnation.com /question/042.html   (944 words)

  
 United States History - Factionalism and Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Domestically, the presidency of Monroe (1817-1825) was termed the "era of good feelings." In one sense, this term disguised a period of vigorous factional and regional conflict; on the other hand, the phrase acknowledged the political triumph of the Republican Party over the Federalist Party, which collapsed as a national force.
Jackson, by contrast, had enormous popular appeal, especially among his followers in the newly named Democratic Party that emerged from the Republican Party, with its roots dating back to presidents Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
States entering the Union after 1815 either had universal white male suffrage or a low taxpaying requirement.
countrystudies.us /united-states/history-49.htm   (450 words)

  
 United States Republican Party - Campaigns Wikia - A Wikia wiki
The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other is the Democratic Party.
The Republican Party is traditionally associated with a conservative philosophy on issues.
Currently, the Republican Party controls the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government and more than half of the state Governors.
campaigns.wikia.com /wiki/United_States_Republican_Party   (177 words)

  
 Stop the hypocrisy: It is time for the emergence of religious political parties in the United States - Minnesota Daily
While the Libertarian Party itself is unable to dominate a single representational district, Libertarian adherents often resign themselves to advancing Republicans with similar agendas.
So, when current Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer states the common rightist theme that "social welfare was designed to be the role of the church, not the state," she presents a prime example of the contradictory nature of the religious right.
Otherwise, we might reach a point in the United States where unregulated capitalist spirit and Christian asceticism appear to be the same thing.
www.mndaily.com /articles/2003/07/28/39225   (1065 words)

  
 About the USA > U.S. Government > Political Parties
Today, there are two major political parties in the United States, the Democratic and the Republican.
Americans do not have to join a political party to vote or to be a candidate for public office, but running for office without the money and campaign workers a party can provide is difficult.
It is the two major parties that organize and dominate government at both the national and state levels.
usa.usembassy.de /government-parties.htm   (357 words)

  
 Clayton State - Library
Historical atlas of political parties in the United States Congress, 1789 - 1989 / REF G1201.F9 M26 1989
Maintained by the Department of Political Science and Institute for Public Affairs at West Virginia University.
Strives to advance the linkage of political theory and philosophy with political science as a discipline.
adminservices.clayton.edu /Library/PoliticalScience.htm   (1076 words)

  
 The History Guy: United StatesPolitical Parties
Of the main parties in American politics, this is the more conservative of the two.
The party of Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy and Clinton, the Democrats are the more liberal of the two main American parties.
The so-called Third Parties in the American political landscape usually sit in the shadow of the dominant Democratic and Republican parties.
www.historyguy.com /Politicalparties.html   (953 words)

  
 Political Resources on the Net - USA (I)
Political Resources on the Net - USA (I) United States of America (1:5 Parties)
Political Parties and Youth Organizations in the United States of America
Royalist Party of America A party whose goal is to change the USA to a constitutional monarchy
www.politicalresources.net /usa1.htm   (184 words)

  
 Political Parties
Radical: Seen as being on the far left of the political spectrum, radical wide-sweeping rapid change in the basic structure of the political, social and economic system.
This is an extensive list of all the political parties in the United States.
The students will give a Key-note political speech that addresses the key issues of the day and show stands that the party may take.
www.uen.org /Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=497   (599 words)

  
 The Awesome Library Search Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Provides a discussion of the political climate that caused each senator to change parties, as well as a biography of each.
Political Parties in the United States (United States Senate)
It states that the American retaliation for bombings of American embassies in 1998 unified Muslims in the region against the USA.
www.awesomelibrary.org /cgi-bin/search-aw1-e.cgi?terms=political   (1900 words)

  
 The History of Political Parties in the United States
Although the freedom to create new political parties exists, no other party has been able to gain the support they need to develop.
This took the power of choosing the party's candidate from the party leaders and gave it to party representatives from the states.
Many of the Founding Fathers believed political parties were important to the future of the government in America.
www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_34_26.html   (776 words)

  
 United States Well-Being and Political Parties
This is a study of the correlations between various such factors and the two major political parties in the United States (Democrat and Republican).
Correlations are calculated for the Democratic and Republican votes for each state in that election with the chosen health factor for each state.
High cancer deaths in Democratic states: possibly because large cities, where pollutants are concentrated, tend to vote Democratic.
arts.bev.net /roperldavid/politics/USHealth.htm   (472 words)

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