1 In a twin pregnancy. the average is 37 weeks. for triplets 34 and quadruplets 32 weeks. 2  The average birth weight for singletons is 7 lbs 7 oz. 3  Average birth weight of twins is 5 lbs 5 oz. for triplets 4lbs and quads 3lbs. 4  A difference in birth weight between multiples is not unusual.
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.
Fusion of Republicans and Populists. Between 1894 and 1900 the North Carolina Republican and Populist Parties cooperated in state elections and in state government. That cooperation was labeled Fusion by its Democratic opponents, although Republicans and Populists maintained separate organizations and did not describe their actions as fusion.