God of the Roadways, Travelers, Merchants and Thieves (Herâ-meez) Distinguishing Features: Joggerâs clothes and winged athletic shoes, a cell phone that turns into the caduceus, his symbol of power â a winged staff with two snakes, George and Martha, entwined around it.
First Past the Post electoral system. The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. In political science, it is known as Single-Member District Plurality or SMDP.
The modern political party system in the United States is a two-party system dominated by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and have controlled the United States Congress since 1856.n the United States, one can often become a member of a party, merely by stating that fact. In some U.S. states, a voter can register as a member of one or another party and/or vote in the primary election for one or another party. Such participation does not restrict one's choices in any way.