two-party system
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
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In summary, whereas atwo-partysystemis sustained in most regions and elections, fluctuations are found in others in regard to fragmentation and concentration.
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Most conducive to stable democratic governance, according to conventional wisdom, is atwo-partysystem.
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Designed to institutionalise atwo-partysystem, the pact produced major amendments to the constitution and the electoral law.
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Is there also movement toward atwo-partysystemat the national level?
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The new system may never reach anything resembling a puretwo-partysystem.
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This paper examines the country's emergingtwo-partysystemas an essential feature affecting prospects for democratic deepening and consolidation.
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In both cases the authors of the proposed legislation could be regarded as being towards the fringes of thetwo-partysystem.
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Likewise, thetwo-partysystemand enfeebled trade unions reduce counter-framing from the far-left.
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In fact, we have seen no consistent trends either towards or away from atwo-partysystemsince political reform was enacted.
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Many reformers expected the new electoral system featuring single-member districts to bring about an evolution towards atwo-partysystemwith regular alternation in power.
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An important finding is that thetwo-partysystemhas been strengthened or weakened according to regional concentration and time.
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As thetwo-partysystemdevelops, we should expect to find greater competition in the single-member districts and preliminary analysis indicates that to be the case.
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We may expect there to have been meaningful changes in party strengths, even though the contour of atwo-partysystemis sustained.
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Though there are still too few cases to be confident, atwo-partysystemin two-member districts may well produce non-competitive races.
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Since 1996 general elections use a system based primarily on single-member districts, which is fostering atwo-partysystem.
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At the lower extreme of atwo-partysystem, unidimensionality is true by definition.
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The emergence of atwo-partysystemaffected each type of election differently.
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Thetwo-partysystemand disempowered unions have removed a significant source of counter-framing from actors further to the left.
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An incipienttwo-partysystemconsolidated itself further.
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Unidimensional political competition has a majority-rule outcome at the position favoured by the median voter, and pragmatic parties in atwo-partysystemshould converge towards this position.
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