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 Political party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In parliamentary systems of government, most political parties have an elected leader who, if his or her party is elected by absolute majority, or with a relative majority within the coalition where tradition is thus, becomes head of government.
One right wing coalition party and one left wing coalition party is the most common ideological breakdown in such a system but in two-party states political parties are traditionally catch all parties which are ideologically broad and inclusive.
Parties often espouse a certain ideology, but may also represent a coalition among disparate interests.The party is an Arab one that is interesting is openeing a Neo-Nazi party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_party   (1370 words)

  
 List of political parties in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notwithstanding the general perception, many third parties throughout U.S. history have achieved regional success and some (notably the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Party) have had major portions of their platforms incorporated into the platforms of the “major parties”.
American Independent Party: the party under Alabama Governor George Wallace in the 1968 and 1972 elections
National Union Party, formed for 1864 election combining Republicans and those from other parties allied with Lincoln (like VP candidate Andrew Johnson, a Democrat from Tennessee).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States   (659 words)

  
 California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information - Political Party Qualification
Qualified political parties are entitled to have candidates identified with that political party standing for partisan offices on the ballot.
To qualify a new political party by petition requires that 773,883 persons (ten percent) sign a petition seeking the inclusion of the proposed party in the party nominating process at the June 6, 2006 primary election.
California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information - Political Party Qualification
www.ss.ca.gov /elections/elections_t.htm   (1515 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
Thus, the AHP describes itself as "a political party that adopts the Bible as its political textbook and is unashamed to be explicitly Christian...
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%).
www.politics1.com /parties.htm   (9731 words)

  
 EISA { WEB ENCYCLOPEDIA - SOMALILAND }
Political party agents commenced with the training of their members from the 11th April.
Political parties were also under extreme pressure as the time available to them to conduct training was during the most intensive time parties had for the final leg of their campaigns.
The roll out time of the political parties also inhibited their ability to ensure that the training was effectively delivered as the training took place a few days prior to the election.
www.eisa.org.za /WEP/somaliland2.htm   (2144 words)

  
 American Political Parties
The party eventually fades because farmers' situation improved in the late 1890s and because their political agenda was assumed by the major parties.
The Democratic Party by the late 1960s is deeply fragmented and seemingly incapable of dealing with the violence and turmoil, social and political, caused by the Vietnam War.
Political parties were singled out as corrupt, undemocratic, outmoded, and inefficient.
www.mury.k12.ut.us /mhs/apus/handouts/politicalparties.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Political Reformed Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The party was founded in 1918 out of dissatisfaction with the existing Christian political parties.
The Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (SGP, literally "Constitutional Reformed Party") is a Dutch constitutional theocratic political party following conservative Christian principles, in the tradition of the Dutch Reformed Church.
In 2005 the court ruled that this practice was discriminatory and that the party should not receive any funding from the state.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Staatkundig_Gereformeerde_Partij   (408 words)

  
 Iraqi political groupings and individuals
ICP was now a radical reformist rather than a revolutionary party, focusing under the leadership of Husayn al-Radi on working conditions and better service provision, and campaigning for democratic constitutional government; but it was strongly distrusted by the Iraqi political elite, and by Qasim himself.
Campaigned for liberal democracy, political reform, land reform, progressive taxation and workers' rights, with limited engagement with international issues (though it did organise protests against the Portsmouth treaty, 1948); was part of the national front of 1957 (see ICP notes).
As communist parties were persecuted, a number of leftists joined the party; in response, Chadirchi urged the party to model itself on the British Labour Party, to distinguish itself from Marxists and radical nationalists.
middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html   (11453 words)

  
 Cover Page
We of the Heart Political Party wish to put an end to these problems and to the diabolical evil which causes them.
And so we present our political party as a vehicle unto this end.
We realize that political action is also necessary in order to create a safe socioeconomic-geopolitical environment in which the heart can emerge and thrive.
www.heartparty.org   (364 words)

  
 Net Effect
You are now at the start of a new type of political party in Australia - one formed by online consensus, operating firmly in the 21st century and largely free of legacy political concepts.
As the barriers to political participation have come down, new barriers have gone up to try to prevent popular opinion from having sway over governments that would prefer to tolerate their populations rather than serve them as they were elected to do.
Right from the start we have set ourselves up to be an open, accountable party, using the technology of the 21st century as a way to allow all Australians, no matter where they live, to have equal access to us and our policies.
www.neteffect.org.au   (585 words)

  
 American Experience The Time of the Lincolns Partisan Politics
The Liberty Party was the political outgrowth of the growing anti-slavery movement.
Amid this turmoil, the Republican Party was born...
In 1840 the Whig Party ran a "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign in which they presented their presidential candidate, William Henry Harrison, a Virginia aristocrat, as a simple man and hero of the people.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/lincolns/politics/tl_tree.html   (1092 words)

  
 Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conservative modernisers point to Afriyie's election as evidence that the party is changing, though opponents argue that the election of a single black MP doesn't count for much against the perceived right-wing anti-immigrant campaign fought by the Conservatives in 2005.
Though the Conservatives were considered to be the dominant governing party in the United Kingdom for much of the 19th and 20th Centuries, since losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party under Tony Blair, they have been in 'opposition' in Parliament.
The Thatcherite political agenda is mainly concerned with reducing the role of the government in the economy, and to this end they support tax cuts, privatisation of public services and a reduction in the size of the welfare state.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)   (4686 words)

  
 Conservative party, British political party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party.
The party’s majority in the House of Commons was increased in 1955, and Sir Anthony Eden became (1955) prime minister upon Churchill’s retirement.
The party received a resounding defeat in the 1997 elections, and Major was replaced as party leader by William Hague.
www.bartleby.com /65/co/Conserva.html   (1020 words)

  
 List of political parties in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The party was erected in 1989 as a fusion of a left-radical, a pacifist, a communist and a left wing Christian party; since then, the party moved more to the centre of the political spectre.
Roomsch-Katholieke Staatspartij (RKSP) - Roman Catholic Political Party (predecessor of KVP)
The Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF) is a right-wing populist party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Netherlands   (1254 words)

  
 3PC.NET: Party Matchmaking Service
party candidate of your dreams, but maybe you just don't have the time, or maybe you just hate the whole political meatmarket.
With our party matchmaking service all you have to do is answer a few simple questions about what you are looking for in a party, and we'll match you up with several parties who would love to meet a voter just like you.
3rd Party Central is a service mark of Keynetic Systems, LLC.
www.3pc.net /matchmaker   (108 words)

  
 America First Party
Dan Charles, National Chairman of the America First Party, responds to a Press Release by the Clarion Call to Converge Committee which distorted the AFP positions and mischaracterized statements made by party leaders.
The central focus of the America First Party is to put America and all Americans First.
The opinions expressed are those of the authors, who do not speak for the Party.
www.americafirstparty.org   (725 words)

  
 Fineman: 'Mainstream Media Party' is over - Howard Fineman - MSNBC.com
WASHINGTON - A political party is dying before our eyes — and I don't mean the Democrats.
It was not accident that the birth coincided with an identity crisis in the Democratic Party.
The moment it made air it began to fall apart, and eventually was shredded by factions within the AMMP itself, conservative national outlets and by the new opposition party that is emerging: The Blogger Nation.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6813945   (1174 words)

  
 New Party
Through fusion, minor parties don't have to always compete in the winner-take-all two party system and can avoid "spoiling" - throwing an election to the most conservative candidate by splitting the votes that might go to two more progressive candidates (ours and another party's).
is an umbrella organization for grassroots political groups working to break the stranglehold that corporate money and corporate media have over our political process.
New Party, 88 Third Avenue, Suite 313, Brooklyn, NY 11217
www.newparty.org   (154 words)

  
 Peoples' Action Network political party: Welcome
The PAN PartY is the political arm of 3Pm — the Progressive-Populist Peoples’ movement.
The PAN PartY is the Peoples’ answer to business as usual and was founded in recognition that the old order is approaching a “tipping point”, a “crisis of conscience”, and that something new is being born.
The PAN PartY is politics with a higher Consciousness.
panparty.org   (3357 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 2006 Political Party Money Profiles:
The parties may only raise "hard money," which is given by individuals and political action committees and is subject to federal contribution limits.
Candidates aren't the only ones raising record amounts of cash -- the political parties collect hundreds of millions of dollars each election cycle.
For the answers, view our money profiles for both major parties and for each of their main fundraising committees.
www.opensecrets.org /parties/index.asp   (206 words)

  
 Political party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In parliamentary systems of government, most political parties have an elected leader who, if his or her party is elected by absolute majority, or with a relative majority within the coalition where tradition is thus, becomes head of government.
One right wing coalition party and one left wing coalition party is the most common ideological breakdown in such a system but in two-party states political parties are traditionally catch all parties which are ideologically broad and inclusive.
In presidential systems, the President may be elected as a representative of his party, however in many nations he is forced to relinquish his connexions with his party upon the assumption of office as head of state.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_party   (1347 words)

  
 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conservative television ads which attacked Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty as "still not up to the job" were received poorly by the voting public, and allowed the Liberal campaign to portray the Tories as needlessly confrontational.
Tory, a longtime associate of the PC Party, was elected to the Ontario legislature in a by-election in March, 2005, in the seat that Eves held.
The first Conservative Party in Upper Canada was made up of United Empire Loyalists and supporters of the wealthy Family Compact that ruled the colony and opposed responsible government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_Progressive_Conservative_Party   (1877 words)

  
 Political party committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the United States, political party committees are organizations, officially affiliated with a political party and registered with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which raise and spend money for political campaigning.
They are not to be confused with political action committees, which are formally independent of political parties and subject to different rules.
They have the greatest role in presidential election years when they are responsible for planning the nominating convention and also spend heavily in support of their party's nominee (some of this spending is directly coordinated with the nominee's campaign; the rest is in independent expenditures).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_party_committee   (1877 words)

  
 party, political - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about party, political
A party can be distinguished from an interest or pressure group, which seeks to influence governments rather than aspire to office, although some pressure groups, such as the Green movement, have over time transformed themselves into political parties.
Although the US constitution contains no reference to parties, the Republican and Democratic parties became essential elements of the political system, reflecting the country's history and social and economic structure.
Power within the party may be highly centralized or dispersed and the membership may merely endorse the decisions of the leadership or it may have a meaningful impact on the determination of party policy.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /party,+political   (1439 words)

  
 Political party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In parliamentary systems of government, most political parties have an elected leader who, if his or her party is elected by absolute majority, or with a relative majority within the coalition where tradition is thus, becomes head of government.
One right wing coalition party and one left wing coalition party is the most common ideological breakdown in such a system but in two-party states political parties are traditionally catch all parties which are ideologically broad and inclusive.
Generally speaking, over the world, political parties associate themselves with colors, primarily for identification, especially for voter recognition during elections.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_party   (1337 words)

  
 European political party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A European political party, or formally a political party at European level, is a type of political party organization in the European Union, eligible to receive funding from the Union.
Within the European Parliament these parties often express themselves as European Parliament party groups which may be alliances of more than one European political parties, or possibly alliances between parties and nominally independents.
European Democrat Union: Regional wing of the International Democrat Union, includes most EPP parties plus more conservative, eurosceptic and Atlanticist parties not in the EPP.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_political_party   (337 words)

  
 Party of European Socialists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are 30 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway.
PES members are found in most of the major EU institutions, including the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council and the Committee of the Regions.
PES was founded in 1992 in The Hague to succeed the Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists   (282 words)

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