two - party system is the political party system of the united states.
two - party system is the political party system of the united states.
what is the political party system of the united states?
two - party system
a so-called "third party" in the united kingdom are the liberal democrats. in the 2010 election, the liberal democrats received 23% of the votes but only 9% of the seats in the house of commons. while electoral results do not necessarily translate into legislative seats, the liberal democrats can exert influence if there is a situation such as a hung parliament. in this instance, neither of the two main parties (at present, the conservative party and the labour party) have sufficient authority to run the government. accordingly, the liberal democrats can in theory exert tremendous influence in such a situation since they can ally with one of the two main parties to form a coalition. this happened in the coalition government of 2010. yet in that more than 13% of the seats in the british house of commons are held in 2011 by representatives of political parties other than the two leading political parties of that nation, contemporary britain is considered by some to be a multi-party system, and not a two-party system. the two party system in the united kingdom allows for other parties to exist, although the main two parties tend to dominate politics; in this arrangement, other parties are not excluded and can win seats in parliament. in contrast, the two party system in the united states has been described as a duopoly or an enforced two-party system, such that politics is almost entirely dominated by either the republicans or democrats, and third parties rarely win seats in congress.
two-party system
bullet::::- reagan era (1980–2008?)









































bullet::::- neoconservatism (1980s and 90s)









































bullet::::- dot-com bubble (c. 1995–2000)









































bullet::::- united states housing bubble (c. 2001–c. 2005)









































bullet::::- war on terror (2001–present)









































bullet::::- political parties









































bullet::::- first party system (c. 1792–c. 1824)









































bullet::::- second party system (c. 1828–c. 1854)









































bullet::::- third party system (c. 1854–c. 1896)









































bullet::::- fourth party system (c. 1896–c. 1932)









































bullet::::- fifth party system (c. 1933–1964)









































bullet::::- sixth party system (c.1964(?)–present)









































bullet::::- wars









































see list of wars involving the united states.









































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bullet::::- timeline of united states history









































bullet::::- years in the united states









































section::::by period.:timelines and lists.:15th century.
outline of united states history