Political parties in the United States

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Political parties in the United States
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• Throughout most of its history, American politics
  have been dominated by a two-party system.
  However, the United States Constitution has
  always been silent on the issue of political
  parties at the time it was signed in 1787, there
  were no parties in the nation. Indeed, no nation
  in the world had voter-based political parties.
  The need to win popular support in a republic led
  to the American invention of political parties in
  the 1790s. 
• Political scientists and historians have divided
  the development of America's two-party system
  into five eras. The modern two-party system
  consists of theDemocratic Party and
  the Republican Party. In general, since the 1930s
  the Democratic Party positions itself left-of-cent
  er in American politics while the Republican
  Party positions itself as right-of-center.
  Several third parties also operate in the United
  States, and from time to time elect someone to
  local office.

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Modern U.S. political party system

• The modern political party system in the United
  States is a two-party system dominated by
  the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
  These two parties have won every United States
  presidential election since 1852 and have
  controlled the United States Congress since at
  least 1856.

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 Democratic Party

• The Democratic Party is one of two major contempor
  ary political parties in the United States along
  with the Republican Party. The party supports
  asocial liberal, social democratic and progressive
   platform and its Congressional caucus is
  composed of progressives, liberals, centrists, and
  left-libertarians. The party has the lengthiest
  record of continuous operation in the United
  States and is one of the oldest political parties
  in the world.
• Current President of the United States Barack
  Obama is the 15th Democrat to hold that office.
  As of the 112th Congress following the 2010
  elections, the Democratic Party currently holds a
  minority of seats in the House of
  Representatives and a majority of seats in
  the Senate, as well as a minority of
  state governorships and control of a minority
  of state legislatures.

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Republican Party

• The Republican Party is one of the two major polit
  ical parties in the United States, along with the
  Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery
  activists in 1854, it dominated politics
  nationally for most of the period 1860-1932. 18
  presidents have been Republicans. The most recent
  Republican president was George W Bush.
• Currently the party's platform generally
  reflects American conservatism in the U.S.
  political spectrum. American conservatism of the
  Republican Party is not wholly based upon
  rejection of the political ideology
  of liberalism, as many principles of American
  conservatism are based upon classical
  liberalism. Rather the Republican Party's
  conservatism is largely based upon its support of
  classical principles against the modern
  liberalism of theDemocratic Party that is
  considered American liberalism in contemporary
  American political discourse.
• In the 112th Congress, elected in 2010, the
  Republican Party holds a majority of seats in
  the House of Representatives and a minority of
  seats in theSenate. The party currently holds the
  majority of governorships as well as the majority
  of state legislatures.

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Major third partiesLibertarian Party

• The Libertarian Party was founded on December 11,
  1971. It is one of the largest continuing third
  parties in the United States, claiming more than
  200,000 registered voters and more than 600
  people in public office, including mayors, county
  executives, county-council members, school-board
  members, and other local officials. It has more
  people in office than all other minor parties
  combined.
• The political platform of the Libertarian Party
  reflects that group's particular brand
  of libertarianism, favoring minimally
  regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil
  liberties, minimally regulatedmigration across
  borders, and non-interventionism in foreign
  policy that respects freedom of trade and travel
  to all foreign countries.
• The 2012 Libertarian Party nominee for United
  States President is former New Mexico
  governor, Gary Johnson.

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Constitution Party

• The Constitution Party is a conservative United
  States political party. It was founded as the
  U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992. The party's
  official name was changed to the Constitution
  Party in 1999 however, some state affiliate
  parties are known under different names.
• According to ballot access expert Richard Winger,
  the editor of Ballot Access News, who
  periodically compiles and analyzes voter
  registration statistics as reported by state
  voter agencies, it ranks third nationally amongst
  all United States political parties in registered
  voters, with 438,222 registered members as of
  October 2008. This makes it currently the largest
  third party in the United States.
• The Constitution Party advocates a platform that
  they believe reflects the Founding
  Fathers' original intent of the U.S.
  Constitution, principles found in the U.S.
  Declaration of Independence, and morals taken
  from the Bible.
• In 2006, Rick Jore of Montana became the first
  Constitution Party candidate elected to a
  state-level office, though the Constitution Party
  of Montana had disaffiliated itself from the
  national party a short time before the election.
• The Constitution Party's 2012 presidential
  nominee is Virgil Goode.

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Green Party of the United States

• The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a
  national American political party founded in 1991
  as a voluntary association of state green
  parties. With its founding, the Green Party of
  the United States became the primary national
  Green organization in the United States,
  eclipsing theGreens/Green Party USA, which
  emphasized non-electoral movement building.
  The Association of State Green Parties (ASGP), a
  forerunner organization, first gained widespread
  public attention during Ralph Nader's United
  States presidential campaigns in 1996 and 2000.

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