These prosperous contributors have become power brokers, like the party bosses of old. ... "In 1995, tobacco interests gave $2.3 million to the Republican Party" (Jezer 1). ... In a time of economic setbacks, political scandals, and other developments, the majority of Americans lost trust in the two-party system and started supporting third parties. Thus, third parties have become more prominent over the years. "These parties have played an important role in bringing new, grass-roots issues to the forefront of national debate" (Patterson 228). ...

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In spite of China's economic liberalization, its Communist party-state retains the essential organization structure that the Chinese communist party adopted from the Soviet Union. ... The parties also change in structure and organization. ... In the presidential elections of 1999, the election committee approved nine parties for local elections and three parties with the highest votes were allowed to contest in the elections. Each of these parties once again reflected its regional base in one of the country's main ethnic groups: The people's Democratic party representing the nor...

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If the people choose to elect the same party over and over again, then so be it. ... Germany has been called a party democracy because the national government is so heavily influenced and shaped by the parties. ... Having a multiple party system is optimal in a democracy, but a predominant party system certainly can work. But, their needs to be other parties to choose from. Obviously, if one party dominates the electorate, the strength of the second or third parties will not be as strong. ...

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Political participation could be anything from voting to actually joining a political party. ... "55 percent of Americans have access to the Internet, with over a third "wired" Americans going on-line five or more hours a week. ... Partisanship is the voter identification for a specific political party, such as the Democratic or Republican parties. ... The people feel like the party outline of the Democrats and Republicans are similar. Also, it is rare that a third party would win in a major election. ...

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Political participation could be anything from voting to actually joining a political party. ... "55 percent of Americans have access to the Internet, with over a third "wired" Americans going on-line five or more hours a week. ... Partisanship is the voter identification for a specific political party, such as the Democratic or Republican parties. ... The people feel like the party outline of the Democrats and Republicans are similar. Also, it is rare that a third party would win in a major election. ...

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Angus makes clear his opinion of it and expresses his disapproval about the priorities of his constituents during his chat with Daniel: "Every candidate in this country should be thinkin' first about the national interest, second about their constituent's interests, and third about their own interests. ... As well, Michael Zaleski, the president of National Opinion and the Liberal party's pollster, shows his skepticism because the number of votes has gone downhill in the Cumberland-Prescott riding with the new candidate. ... As well, Angus MccLintock has different views than ...

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And in the third rule there is an obvious emphasis that the right to elect and be elected, to participate in the all-nation referendum does not extend to the citizens judged incapable by a court as well as those held in places of confinement on a court's sentence. ... This rate is very low, considering the fact that young people in the age range of 16-29 constitute more than one-third of all the adult Kazakhstan population. ... That's why there are such phenomena as rejection of division of society along party lines, the worship of power, based on the principle of respect of elders, ...

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It is a political process that has started its third wave in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. ... The case selection will be in the second and the case summary in the third sections explained, followed by a conclusion. ... Both of these terms are in some way overarching and very often underachieving as basic principles of the third wave of democratization. ... (Freedom House, 2014) Although, cases of corruption like the one of Norbert Wojnarowski who was buying votes for a favoured candidate of his by bribing pa...

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A third factor of this theory is that democracies are more susceptible to viewing countries with similar governing styles and policies as peaceful, as oppose to as a threat. ... Vietnam ruled by the Vietnamese Communist Party, the only legal political party in the country. Decisions and laws are made solely by the Party, with the general public having absolutely no power in the decision-making process. ...

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Then prior to its promulgation by the signature of parliament, either the president or one-third of the members of parliament must vote for a referendum (www.rec.org). ... The leading role of the Communist Party was taking away the right of social and political initiative. ... The turning point in Latvia came in 1988 with the founding of the Popular Front as a coalition movement between independent groups and party reformists. ...

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Lenin changed the course of Russia by ensuring that his party would resort to dictatorship rather than bow to the will of the masses. ... The population was divided into three estates, with the majority belonging to the third. ... Lenin, the father of communism, believed it the job of his party to exercise control of society. ...

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As Melvin Richter notices, there were three ways in which Tocqueville delineated liberty as a concept: " first, in terms of the benefits produced by the political life of a free government; second, in his distinction between democratic and aristocratic liberty; and third, in his rhetorical inclination to praise liberty as a good in and of itself, a good which can be understood only by those who have experienced it, and the supreme value of which cannot be determined by its consequences"9. However, it is the first type, liberty "in terms of the benefits produced by the political...

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"The Out-of-control Presidency" is an article my Michael Lind in which he makes the claim that the executive branch of the government has become too powerful. The congress, he suggests, is where the power of the federal government was designed to lie and the presidency was constructed to be little m...

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This can been seen in interest groups ability to influence public officials who hold power to fulfill their wants rather than what the party as a whole wants or what the people want, the majority of interest group members being people with higher incomes and higher levels of education limiting the average citizens ability to influence decisions made, the small group of elites dominating congressional decisions, and the concerning dominance money has in American politics. In pressure groups, it is clear how their members can corrupt government officials, using numerous techniques to pressure ...

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This shift allowed for more freedom of speech as well as opposing parties to run for office. Not only were other parties running for office, but also they were winning. ... England also received immigrants who had English nationality, yet were living in third world countries that were decolonizing. ...

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The third common thread between the political culture of eighteenth century and today's is the quest for liberty and equality. While both parties had different goals to satisfy, they both ultimately wanted the same thing. ...

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This "pork-barrel" spending has been so highly publicized by the mass media in recent years, that it has now become a major party platform issue (Anderson 33). ... Brent McGoldrick of Third Millennium describes this relationship as a mutual indifference in which the campaigns ignore young voters, and the young voters thus ignore the campaigns (Lee 27-8). ...

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By that, we can be sure that our legislators will be more objective than being subjects of the whims and caprices of third parties who might have backed them in their election into office and thus ensure genuine and unbiased decisions. ...

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