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 United States Republican Party Encyclopedia Article @ EveryAvenue.com
The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States.
In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster.
Abraham Lincoln, the 1st Republican to be elected President of the United States (1861–1865).
www.everyavenue.com /encyclopedia/United_States_Republican_Party   (7132 words)

  
 Party Elites in the United States, 1980: Republican and Democratic Party Leaders
The data pertain to Democratic and Republican party elites holding office during the election year of 1980 and include County and State Chairs, members of the Democratic and Republican National Committees, and delegates to the National Conventions.
All Democratic and Republican County Chairs, all Democratic and Republican State Chairs, all National Convention delegates for both parties, and all members of the Democratic and Republican National Committees in 1980.
Questionnaires were mailed to all State Chairs and all members of the Democratic and Republican National Committees and the number of questionnaires returned constituted the sample.
webapp.icpsr.umich.edu /cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/08209.xml   (515 words)

  
 Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle.
Democrats in the Northern states joined the Republicans in opposing the expansion of slavery, and at the 1860 nominating convention the Party split and nominated two candidates (see U.S. presidential election, 1860).
Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party#Presidential_n...   (5963 words)

  
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With the number of Hispanic, Asian and immigrant voters growing across the United States, those choreographing the public face of this week’s Republican National Convention are working hard to shed the party’s image as a bastion of white, conservative America.
During the Democratic and the Republican National Conventions, the New York Immigration Coalition served as a resource for journalists seeking to connect with immigrant communities and leaders, facilitating access to immigrant perspectives on convention activities and party platforms.
Immigrants, and especially the undocumented, are left to scratch their heads in wonder: “Are they talking about me?” Their puzzlement is not surprising, considering the bitter divisions within the Republican Party about how to deal with the issue of the undocumented.
www.thenyic.org /email/orale5.html   (567 words)

  
 National Republican Party --  Encyclopædia Britannica
On Jan. 4, 1995, the Republican party took control of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate for the first time in more than 40 years.
Unlike parties elsewhere in the world, the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States are very decentralized in structure and are marked by the absence of a rigid discipline and hierarchy.
Organized in 1792 as the Republican Party, its members held power nationally between 1801 and 1825.
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 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%).
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Speaker of the House Denny Hastert and House Republican Conference.
The Natural Law Party was a New Age entity founded and run by followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (the founder of the TM movement -- a movement that some have labeled as a cult).
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 Guide to Country ProfilesThe World Factbook Home
National Democratic Party [William MIRANDA]; National Republican Party of Puerto Rico [Luis FERRE]; New Progressive Party or PNP [Pedro ROSSELLO]; Popular Democratic Party or PPD [Anibal ACEVIDA Vila]; Puerto Rican Independence Party or PIP [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez]
National Union for Development and Renewal or UNDR [Saleh KEBZABO]; Patriotic Salvation Movement or MPS [Maldom Bada ABBAS, chairman] (originally in opposition but now the party in power and the party of the president); Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Lal Mahamat CHOUA]; Union for Renewal and Democracy or URD [Gen. Wadal Abdelkader KAMOUGUE]
National League for Democracy or NLD [AUNG SHWE, chairman, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, general secretary]; National Unity Party or NUP (proregime) [THA KYAW]; Union Solidarity and Development Association or USDA (proregime, a social and political organization) [THAN AUNG, general secretary]; and eight minor legal parties
www.fackbook2001.ultimate-resources.com /political_parties_and_leaders.html   (9731 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%).
The party "is founded on the basic principals set forth by our founding fathers, that the federal government should only have the powers set forth in the framework of the Constitution and all other power to be delegated back to the states.
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Speaker of the House Denny Hastert and House Republican Conference.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- United States
Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for life on condition of good behavior by the president with confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 55, Democratic Party 44, independent 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Republican Party 231, Democratic Party 200, undecided 4
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html   (9731 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich: Insight and Action (Home Page)
In an interview posted today at Democracy Rising, Dennis Kucinich answers questions about Democratic Party leadership, conditions on the ground in Iraq, and the future of the Peace Movement.
Return of the 78,000 National Guard troops currently deployed overseas to help in the Gulf Coast region.
On June 16, two Democrat and two Republican Representatives introduced a bi-partisan Resolution to begin the process of withdrawing American troops from Iraq.
www.kucinich.us   (1582 words)

  
 The Gilded Age (1)
From 1876-1897, political control of the national government in the United States?:
factions of the Republican party that fought over issues like civil service reform.
in national politics, neither party could keep both a majority in Congress and a president in the White House.
www.historyteacher.net /USProjects/USQuizzes/GildedAge1c.htm   (426 words)

  
 Immigration bill sparks furor among some House Republicans, gun owners, and civil libertarians; Quietly breaking ranks
Although Republicans are using terrorism as the motivation for strict asylum provisions, the current asylum laws in no way applied to the events of 9/11, since all of the terrorists involved were in the United States legally and not as refugees.
According to senior House aides, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, several factions of the Republican Party are up in arms over the Republican authored H.R. 418 or Real ID Act, scheduled to go to a floor vote today.
On the surface, a centralized national database for past criminal records such as DUIs is not an issue for most Republicans and Democrats.
www.prisonplanet.com /Pages/Feb05/100205_HR418.html   (1303 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: United States National Republican Party
The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed in the first half of the 19th century.
Those who supported Adams became known as the National Republicans, while others supported Andrew Jackson and formed the modern day Democratic Party.
After the election of 1832, the National Republican party eventually fell apart.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/United-States-National-Republican-Party   (239 words)

  
 Vanuatu (11/04)
Vanuatu is a member of the United Nations and its specialized and related agencies, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; South Pacific Commission; South Pacific Forum; Non-Aligned Movement; Commonwealth, Group of 77; and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The constitution created a republican political system headed by a president who has primarily ceremonial powers and is elected by a two-thirds majority in an electoral college consisting of members of Parliament and the presidents of Regional Councils.
Vanuatu Maritime Services, which provides information on ship registration in Vanuatu, is located at 120 Broadway, Suite 1743, New York, NY 10271.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2815.htm   (239 words)

  
 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
Major Political Parties: There are 11 major political parties: Vanua'aku Pati (VP); Union of Moderate Parties (UMP); Melanesian Progressive Party (MPP); National Community Association (NCA); National United Party (NUP); People's Progressive Party (PPP); Green Party; John Frum Movement (JF); Vanuatu Republican Party (VRP); Unity Front (UF); Labour Party; People’s Action Party (PAP).
Vanuatu does not currently have a diplomatic office in the UK, but maintains an office at the United Nations in New York and in Noumea, New Caledonia.
Vanuatu is an offshore finance centre and offers a flag of convenience shipping register.
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 List of political parties in Vanuatu
Greens\n*Melanesian Progressive Party\n*Party of Our Land\n*Union of Moderate Parties\n*Vanuatu National United Party\n*Vanuatu Republican Party
This is a list of political parties in Vanuatu.
See also: Politics of Vanuatu, List of political parties.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/l/li/list_of_political_parties_in_vanuatu.html   (239 words)

  
 Democratic-Republican Party
When it reemerged, Andrew Jackson led the Democratic party which split off, leaving the rest in the National Republican Party.
The policies of the party began in a Jeffersonian direction, but in the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson was forced to diverge from strict constitutional construction, and was faced by John Marshall in the Supreme Court.
The increasing acceptance of the principles of the party over Federalist principles brought into tradition the notion of a democratic republic where the elimination of property and taxpaying limits of voting led to universal suffrage.
www.course-notes.org /parties/democraticrepublican.htm   (532 words)

  
 The Democratic Party
In 1798, the "party of the common man" was officially named the Democratic-Republican Party and in 1800 elected Jefferson as the first Democratic President of the United States.
The Jacksonian Democrats created the national convention process, the party platform, and reunified the Democratic Party with Jackson's victories in 1828 and 1832.
Democratic Party leader William Jennings Bryan led a movement of agrarian reformers and supported the right of women's suffrage, the progressive graduated income tax and the direct election of Senators.
www.democrats.org /a/party/history.html   (1350 words)

  
 Democrats.com
Republicans are now “the party of Sam’s Club, not just the country club,” according to Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, as quoted in a recent article in the conservative Weekly Standard.
Norm Dicks now says it was all a mistake — his vote, the invasion, and the way the United States is waging the war.
On the Republican side, the dead-enders are led by Saint John McCain, Duncan Hunter, and Mean Jean Schmidt.
www.democrats.com   (1636 words)

  
 CPUSA Online -
Last week the bill narrowly passed the Senate after midnight-hour wrangling, threats and bribery by the Republican Party.
Keynote to the 28th National Convention of the Communist Party, USA
The Communist Party, USA expresses its fullest sympathy and solidarity with all the people who are suffering from the effects of the hurricane, especially the infants, children and seniors, who are the most vulnerable...
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 National Libertarian Party
Win or lose, the United States attacked another country that was not attacking, threatening to attack or even hinting that the thought was even crossing their mind to attack us.
In fact, the party of Jefferson was known in his day as the Democratic Republican Party.
National sovereignty of Iraq was being happily violated for YEARS anyway with the UN sanctions, oil for food, no fly zones and all of that crap.
www.lp.org /yourturn/archives/000025.shtml   (773 words)

  
 Vanuatu, Map and Flag
Jon Frum Movement [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE]; National United Party or NUP [Dinh Van THAN]; Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanuaaku Party (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP [Maxime Carlot KORMAN]
party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UMP 15, VP 14, VRP 3, MPP 2, other and independent 18; note - political party associations are fluid
www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Vanuatu.html   (773 words)

  
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However, Zambia's four main opposition parties, the United Party for National Development, Heritage Party, Patriotic Front, and the Zambia Republican party (ZRP) have said they would boycott the indaba.
Opposition parties wanted to agree on the agenda and the selection of delegates at a pre-indaba meeting, with a commitment from the government on the need to discuss inter-party dialogue, and consensus on the mode of reaching conclusions.
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
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 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.
The first Progressive party, know colloquially as the Bull Moose Party, was founded after a bitter fight for the Republican presidential nomination among the incumbent president William H. Taft, the Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette (leader of the Republican Party's progressive "insurgents"), and the former president Theodore Roosevelt.
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.
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 DSCC : Home Page
The Montana Democratic Party is airing a new ad in the 2006 U.S. Senate race taking Sen. Conrad Burns to task for comments belittling working women he made last month and his connections to indicted lobbyist, Jack Abramoff.
Michael Scanlon has earned his place in the Hall of Shame for charges that stem from Scanlon's involvement with notorious lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has been linked to several top Republican lawmakers including Congressman Tom DeLay, Congressman Bob Ney, and Senator Conrad Burns.
Paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, http://www.dscc.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
www.dscc.org   (115 words)

  
 The Democratic Party
In less than 72 hours, over 100,000 Americans responded to Republican attacks on decorated veteran and Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha, sending notes of support and encouragement as he sought a new way on the Republicans' failed Iraq policy.
Copyright © 1995-2005 DNC Services Corporation · Paid for by the Democratic National Committee — 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington DC 20003.
Today, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we also celebrate our nation's diversity along with the belief that every American has the right to freedom, opportunity, and a chance to achieve the American Dream.
www.democrats.org   (278 words)

  
 Factions in the Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is a Religious Right organization that operates as a faction of the Republican Party.
The libertarian faction is represented in the party by the Republican Liberty Caucus, which also actively courts members of the United States Libertarian Party to seek office as Republicans in order to increase the voice of libertarianism within the party.
The Republican Party of the United States is composed of various different groups or factions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)   (1733 words)

  
 GOP.com Republican National Committee :: Home
New faces and new voices are building a stronger, more diverse Republican Party.
Click below to hear exciting new audio the RNC is bringing to you from conservative authors and leaders of the Republican Party.
All across America, candidates, state parties and grassroots activists are hard at work growing our party.
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