Party Unity Candidate reliance on national party organizational support has been waning for a couple of decades now. ... Party unity seems to now be a thing of the past. The splintering of the party message into liberal, moderate, or conservative has essentially divided parties so much that there is almost more opposition within a party than there is with the rest of the party community. The Democratic Party being the best example, Democrats seem united in title and not much else. ... About the only thing that truly confirms party membership these days is the party listing on voter ballo...

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In an effort to attain social reform, the Populist Party swayed the outcome of elections and platforms in the latter 19th century. ... Like any third party, the Populist Party brought about issues too often ignored, while posing as a deciding factor in the outcome of elections. In the election of 1892, the electoral votes attained by the Populists led the democratic Cleveland to know Harrison out of office. ... They later merged into the Democratic party supporting bimetallism, yet there were still some of each side that began to feel that these "popocrats" were doing the worst for their in...

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Our democratic system is indeed uniquely American and different from most of the other world democracies. ... Influences on the two-party system of America date all the way back to 1804 with the federalist and anti-federalist parties. The American democratic systemprimary distinguishing factor regarding political parties is our two-party system. ... In the American two-party system it is evident that only the major party players republicans and democrats have the chance to strive in national elects. ... These functions of our democratic two-party system seem to make the bigger par...

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The phrase "democratic deficit" describes any situation in which there is believed to be a lack of democratic accountability and control over the decision making process. ... Similarly the other members also are not elected but instead are dubiously appointed due to party patronage and therefore lack legitimacy. ... If we were to use a proportional system we could see equal fair amounts of voted parties in the UK. Parties with thinly spread support are often neglected with our current system and that is hardly democratic. ... In many ways the system is democratic because people can choose not ...

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'The activities, internal regulations and operation of political parties shall be in line with democratic principles. ... For actualize the intraparty democracy, party's income has to be used and shared democratically. ... Intraparty democracy is necessary for democratic regime's healthy work and it creates a common value in society with democracy. Society's democratic culture will be created like this way only. ... The country of Turkey must make some serious changes in their political parties in order to become a more democratic entity. ...

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The Demographics would support this statement by saying that 54% of women are democratic compared to 42% of men; yet this does not show that women are mostly democratic with a close 43% of women voting republican. ... Data from the polls showed that 56% of Protestants were republican compared to 42%, 79% of Jewish population was democratic compared to 19%, and 62% of the "other religions" were democratic compared to 30%. ... Though the book said they should be more democratic due to their fondness for welfare programs, the polls showed them as being very torn between democratic and republican ...

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Democratic ideas always start out good but in the long run people start thinking, why the hell did I vote for that. ... Now I"m not real big on politics however I"m take a flying leap and say that the democratic party has all these great ideas, but when they come in to play the ideas that were once set in stone have suddenly remolded into something totally different. ...

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However, despite the American ethos of democracy the Presidential election is not democratic. ... This system must be abandoned for a more democratic model in order to fully represent the citizens wishes in regards to whom they would have govern, as well as to repress the two-party system in order to revitalize the diversity of candidates. ... Voters with an opposing viewpoint, such as the marginalized Republican party of Massachusetts, know that their party does not have enough support to win a majority in the state without which they cannot obtain any electoral votes. ... Currently America ...

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Its article "The Very, Very Personal Is the Political" each democratic or republican party has the information about their voters or as they called the "Political DNA." For example my name is Valentina Gjoni, my father works at certain place, has been voting for years a particular Party, he has different credit cards, loans, watches specific shows or he likes particularly one. ... The parties take this kind of information through selected agencies and decide what its best to do for that type of demographic location. ...

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The democratic principle, however, stipulates that the people are the source of the power, not political parties, benefactors, patrons, or even their representatives, who could simply go unelected once their terms end and the dissatisfied people are ready for change. ... A paradoxical tension arises that nature can only regulate by violating one of the principles, democratic or federalist. ... This third candidate would be able to show moderation between the two major parties. 19 million citizens out of a total of 103 million (roughly 18 percent) voted for the third candidate, Ross Perot, in t...

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However it is a dereliction of the democratic obligation to simply give up and prosecute the electorate for choosing to abstain. ... 'A turnout of 86 per cent is one of the highest in the democratic world for any election or any referendum in history' (Salmond, 2014). ... A democratic constitution confers the right on citizens to participate in the nation's affairs through voting, through membership of political parties, through membership of pressure groups such as trades unions, through meetings and demonstrations. With evidence pointing towards political parties having a pivo...

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Tocqueville's famous theory of "The Tyranny of the Majority" is often quoted by both Democratic and Republican parties; and always to their advantage. Tocqueville did for Democratic government, what Aristotle did for drama (Dean). ... The first being, that there are enough checks and balances in our democratic system to prevent a national crisis; like freedom and equality of all people to vote which allows them to voice their opinion. The last election was a test of our democratic system. Tocqueville had a great impact on American government, and in the area of political thought; withou...

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As a result of no nationwide regulation to force people into identifying with a political party, partisan classification tends to be an unofficial mental commitment to a party. ... This leads to additional unfairness and, greater illegitimacy in the democratic system. ... In the majority party (the party which controls Congress), the person who has served the longest has the most power. ... A bureaucracy is not democratic for various reasons. ... Policy making may be considered democratic to an extent. ...

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In The War Room, there was a scene in which the campaign staff is deciding on whether or not to have homemade signs in the audience of the Democratic National Convention. ... There is almost a certain guarantee of voters from people loyal to the party. ... On Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean's website, there is a link in which Dean supporters may write letters to those voters who are undecided. ...

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The spaniel of political parties? Perhaps, but who drives the special interests, the media, and the political parties? ... It is the people who ultimately decide what is democratic and what is not. ... Several amendments have since been passed to make our society a much more democratic one. ... What could be more democratic than that! ...

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With the decline of people's involvement in politics, we have to ask ourselves, "Is our democratic government truly legitimate?" A truly democratic political system has certain characteristics that exist to prove its legitimacy. ... Because in the U.S. there is no national discipline to force citizens into identifying with a political party, people tend not to associate with and support one specific political party. ... Hopefully they can become educated enough to the point where they can choose a political party to become involved in. Not only will our lower class pick a party, but al...

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Another benefit of using the Electoral College is how well it forms to the two party system that is seen on the U.S. government. While some may argue that the two party system may not be the best form of democracy for conventional times, it provides a stability that multi-party systems do not. With the small number of political parties it allows for generalized platforms rather than parties focused on specific issues.Using the Electoral College's system states have the ability to select their delegates to the E.C., allowing them to participate in the selection of a president, which in tur...

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However, the development of the party system, which led to the direct election of states of partisan electors, permanently altered the original plan and created a party-based, plurality-rule system in which electoral votes were allocated by states on a winner-take-all basis. The major consequences of such an allocation were to create incentives for major party candidates to focus on the most competitive states in order of size of population, and to prevent third party and independent candidates from having any reasonable chance to win. ... The Electoral College stands in the way of a democra...

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They even went as far as to scare blacks away from the polling booths, and made misleading ballots to trick the blacks that could not read into voting for the democratic candidates. Blacks were for the republican party because it stood for equal rights, and the democratic party wanted oppression of the black people. ...

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Voting is at the heart of the democratic process. ... Political studies have shown that for the candidates to win the primaries, they need to gain support from the extremists in their political party. ... [delete extra line] Another reason there is such a low voter turn out lies in the design of the American Democratic Process. ... Unless, we change the system from within, there will never be politicians who represent the true democratic spirit of our nation. Our great nation is becoming a country that no longer functions as a true democratic society. ...

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These politicians have come very close to completely eliminating the two party system established by this country's forefathers. Some Republicans have been more liberal than their Democratic opposition; while many Democrats have displayed more conservative ideas than their Republican counterparts. ... Therefore, people who are used to voting for a specific party may decide to switch, while others may not vote at all simply because they are convinced that the country will run smoothly regardless of who is elected. In addition to nonvoting due to the break in political party boundaries, ma...

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Britain is the land of democracy, with every citizen having the right to vote for whichever party they desire. ... Another positive aspect is that usually clear majority votes are produced for one party or another. Which therefore means diminutive coalitions, which can give minority parties excessive influence compared with their support. ... At the moment our society is a democratic one. Although people may have qualms about the justice of the electoral system, there is no danger of one party having absolute power entirely. ...

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Then there is the power position the two main parties hold. Third parties have little chance under the current electoral system. ... Lets get rid of the archaic and unnecessary intricacies of the Electoral College and have democratic elections for a change. ...

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They offer suggestions on how our government could rekindle the passion for the democratic system that was so prevalent during the past century and a half. The authors also acknowledge the apathy displayed by today's citizens over the democratic process as well as reasons for the discontent. ... The two authors discuss various faults in our democratic process. ... But to prevent a party-line vote from tossing the Chief Executive, the Senate requires a two-thirds vote. ... A third problem with the current democratic system involves how those we elect to hold office are motivated to m...

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None of the commoners really trusted the national bank so Jackson withdrew all of the government deposits in the national bank and put them in state banks, known as pet banks, due to their loyalty to Jackson's democratic party. ...

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