Party systems

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Jainisha Karadia

Cards (6)

  • Single party systems
    one party dominates and bans other parties and exercises total control over candidacy at elections, where elections occur at all
  • Examples of single party systems
    Nazi Germany, North Korea, China, Cuba, Afghanistan
  • Two party system
    Two fairly equally matched parties compete for power at elections and others have little realistic chance of breaking their duopoly
  • Examples of two party systems
    USA - Democrats and Republicans
    Contestably the UK - Conservatives and Labour
  • Dominant party system
    A number of parties exist but only one holds power in government
  • Examples of dominant party systems
    Japan under Liberal Democratic Party 1955 - 1993
    UK resembles it 1979-1997, 1997-2010
    Russia, Singapore, Zimbabawe, South Africa