Questions tagged [parties]
Questions relating to political parties: groupings of individuals who act together to contest elections, and hold power in the government.
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Is the current age-party affiliation breakdown in the US comparable to historic US breakdowns?
Pictured below is a more granular breakdown of this relationship by age.
Conventional wisdom goes that people become more conservative as they grow older, or rather that people stay the same and that ...
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What caused a massive shift in Republican ideological trajectories in the late '70s?
On a post on Skeptics.SE I saw recently, there was a chart showing the ideological position of the political parties over time:
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As you can see, both parties were drifting more liberal ...
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Why do we have political parties?
Most countries in the world have political parties. I don't however understand what their purpose is. For example, take the hypothetical question of "should we build this dam?" I would expect that ...
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Why does Belgium seem to have a more diverse legislative body that other EU countries?
Taking a look upon how legislative bodies are split between parties within Europe I have noticed that Belgium has a legislative body containing numerous political parties without one or two clearly ...
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Economically social Democratic and nationalist on immigration
What would you call someone who is economically a social Democrat (supports things like Medicare for all, tuition-free college, strong labor unions, tariffs to protect manufacturing), but also ...
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What are the main differences between US First Party System and Second/Third Party Systems?
Apparently, there exist several "party system" partitions of American political history:
First Party System - 1792 to 1824. Federalists vs Republican-Democrats
Second Party System - 1828 to 1854, ...
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Does the populist rise in Europe prove that intra-party democracy is not working?
Each party (including German and Nordic social democratic parties) has its own inner democratic election system which elects the party leaders and which proposes and changes the program of the party. ...
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How tightly is the rural/urban population ratio correlated with a state's red/blue status?
Having lived in a few areas in the U.S., I've noticed that urban cities are often (if not always) left-leaning (blue) and rural areas are right-leaning (red).
Setting aside the handful of "swing ...
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What are the differences between a PAC/SuperPAC and a political party?
My understanding is that both PACs/SuperPACs and parties are organizations that raise and spend money for/against particular candidates/issues. Aside from PACs/SuperPACs not being allowed to ...
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Are there any truly EU-level political parties?
In the European Parliament, parties operate as groups of national parties, see e.g. current europarties. They don't take members and don't operate in countries where they don't have any membership ...
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When and why did the American Republican Party become widely supported in the South?
The American Democrats and Republicans are often labelled with the colours blue and red respectively. However, the historical "blue states" and "red states" were once inverted from their current ...
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Is a low popularity of a political party leader typically used as a reason for asking to resign within Western democracies?
Recently, the main Romanian party in power had another internal issue when some important persons asked its leader to resign via an open letter:
Top politicians in Romania’s ruling Social Democrats ...
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Is there any dataset for party primaries adoption?
Is there any data set available with information about parties around the world that have adopted primary elections?
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Can straight-party voting lead to partisanship?
Has it ever been quantitatively proven that straight-party voting in a two-party federal republic (or similar system) inevitably leads to partisanship (i.e., the reluctance to compromise with one's ...
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What is Pro-Europeanism?
I was reading a list of some political parties and one of them supports the idea of "Pro-Europeanism". What is that and is it supported by a lot of people?
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Famous appointed Bridge-Builder politicians
Are you aware of any famous recent examples (possibly supported by an article) where the US President appointed a cabinet member because of his good relationship with the opposition?
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How does the Alliance motivate their claim to have a mandate (Swedish parliamentary elections, 2018)?
The Swedish parliamentary elections, 2018 has resulted in a deadlock:
The centre-left Red-Green block, outgoing minority government, has 144 seats (was: 159).
The centre-right Alliance block, ...
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Can one say that US politicians are more independent from their parties than others?
On this question, a user commented:
It should be noted that the US has the weakest political parties among modern democracies - that is, US politician are way more independent from their parties ...
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What is the Rice Index? How does it measure party unity?
I've read that a so-called Rice index is used in political science to measure party unity. There's no Wikipedia page on this notion. How exactly is it defined?
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Which factors most strongly impact voter turnout in the U.S.?
Empirically, which factors most strongly impact voter turnout in the U.S.?
Are they the same for all political parties?
Clarification: I am not asking if one political party has greater turnout ...
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How do Google Trends results correlate with the actual party support?
Has anyone studied the correlation between party support in elections and Google Trends results? What is the conclusion? Especially I'm interested in the situation in Finland.
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What supposed dynamics within the US Green Party prevent its growth?
In this recent interview, journalist Chris Hedges (the interviewer) says that:
The Green party is largely dysfunctional. I've spent a lot of time with the Green Party and I won't support the ...
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Why don't Democrats and Republicans collude?
Why don't Democrats and Republicans collude to establish total and perpetual control of the United States? What makes them not do that? Is there any explanation other than prisoner's dilemma?
This ...
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By what measures can the political power of an organization be estimated?
I asked this question earlier: Which is more dangerous to US democracy: Far-left or far-right ideologies? and after thinking about the comments received, I realized that I should start with some ...
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Is there a precedent of an European Party from European Parliament excluding a member party in the last 20 years?
Justice law changes have quite a history in Romania and European officials have warned Romanian officials about the side effects:
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and First Vice
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How does one go about registering a political party in Texas?
How does one go about registering a political party in Texas? Is it done at the federal level?
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Why are US national party conventions important to electoral politics?
Are national party conventions in the United States important to electoral politics because they empower party leaders or because they control who delegates vote for? Or is there a different reason?
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What are the viewpoints and policy positions of the Israeli right wing?
What are the viewpoints and policy positions of the Israeli right wing?
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Is basic information of contracts between political parties and private companies public information?
This article argues about possible connection between Cambridge Analytica and the main Romanian party in power:
Rupert Wolfe Murray, a British consultant, says that Cambridge
Analytica, through ...
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Is there any justification for inequal distribution of wealth? Why is it right? [closed]
Is there any justification for inequal distribution of wealth? Other than wealthy wanting to retain their position and others want to raise theirs?
To me it's pretty clear that in politics there are "...
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In U.S. local politics, what is the relationship between a campaign and a party?
The U.S. uses a weak party system: candidates can run under a party's name with little or no support or recognition from that party.
In an organizational sense, how does a local political party ...
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Where do local political parties in the United States get their revenues?
In the United States political parties operate at various levels including local, state, and federal. Although we commonly hear about expensive fund-raising events, local parties probably have other ...
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To what extent do religious congregations in the US advocate a political party?
In the United States, to what extent do religious congregations advocate a political party, candidate, or political spectrum (liberal vs conservative)? The geological scope of my question is just the ...
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Is there any specific governing body responsible for altering the stated platform for a political party in the United States?
Political parties in the United States have platforms under which they gather around. These can be broad or specific in scope and they can change over time. My question is whether there is a ...
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Why does the Australian Labor Party spell use the American spelling instead of the Australian spelling?
Australia uses British English for their spelling, which spells labour as in physical work, with a "u", where the Australian Labor Party spells it without a "u".This is in contrast to the British ...
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How often have majority parties plummeted in support in one election in democracies?
While voters in democracies usually only incrementally change the party that they support relative to a prior election, every now and then, a party will go from being a leading or majority party, to ...
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Was any reason indicated for Marine Le Pen's choice about the party's new name?
According to this article (also confirmed by BBC), Marine Le Pen proposes National Front changes name to National Rally:
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has proposed her National Front
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Merger of two or more political parties in U.S
Is there any process which allows merger of two or more political parties in U.S. if leaders of both parties are ready for a merger . Has such a thing ever occurred in history of US ?
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Why is proportional representation not considered in any of the US states?
While the Americans agree that the current two-party system is broken, I have not heard any real voices on changing it in any State. States like California, New York or Texas, which send large ...
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Rise of the Movimento Cinque Stelle ("Five Stars Movement")
What are the factors that have contributed to the rise of the Movimento Cinque Stelle in Italy? Why has it gained popularity?
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Does anyone control the brand name of global parties, such as the Pirate or Green party?
There are currently Pirate parties in 40 countries and Green parties in 52 countries. But is there an organization which owns the rights to the Pirate/Green party brand? Or can anyone go ahead and ...
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Political parties active in multiple countries
The political party Sinn Féin is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Of course, the desire of Sinn Féin is for a United Ireland, in which Northern Ireland becomes part of the ...
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Does any research suggest that two-party systems lead to convergence of platforms, divergence, or otherwise?
Many first-past-the-post electoral systems result in a system where two major political parties dominate. The most famous example is arguably the United States, where the Democratic Party and the ...
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Defection to Another Party
Is it legal in the United Kingdom for an elected parliamentarian (considering both houses)to switch parties? If not, what action is taken against the person?
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What value does a modern (late 20th centrury, 21st century) political platform have in the United States?
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Political parties in the United States spend a lengthy amount of time generating platforms for their parties. A few examples are the Republican Party platform, the Democratic Party ...
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Reaction to uncommon combinations of viewpoints in the US political culture [closed]
Triggered by this question which bluntly states what is to be expected from left and right: I noticed that in fact opinions about different political topics seems to be very uniform in both Democratic ...
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What mischief could be caused by joining a political party in bulk?
In the New Statesman, George Eaton noted that the UK Conservative Party (currently in power as the larger member of a coalition) is experiencing such low membership that it is vulnerable to "entryism",...
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Are there examples of "guerrilla politics" being effective in an European country?
At the end of 2017, Romanian Parliament tried to make controversial changes to criminal laws and other laws that might severely influence justice independence, leading to protests and external ...
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How many non-partisan (independent) legislature members in the USA compared to the USSR? [closed]
How many legislature members who are not members of any party in the USA compared to the USSR?
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What are practical steps citizens can take to alter a first past the post system?
Given the arguments against first past the post voting systems, I'd like to know what could be done to change them. However, there's a difficulty with proposing such a change to the system, and that'...
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