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Yellow Dog Democrat

joel — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:56:52 +0000

Political Triangulation

joel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:56:25 +0000

Single-Party State

joel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:54:56 +0000

“Single-party state” or “one-party state” is used to describe a political entity with the trappings of democracy—elections and often multiple political parties—but are in reality controlled and dominated by a single political party.

Know Nothings

joel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:45:20 +0000

Bipartisan

joel — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:55:54 +0000

GOP

joel — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:46:41 +0000

GOP stands for “Grand Old Party,” which is the nickname of the Republican Party of the United States. The Republicans are one of the two major political parties in the U.S.

DPJ

joel — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:55:21 +0000

The DPJ, or the Democratic Party of Japan, has been the main rival for political power to the LDP, the dominant political party in the country since the mid-1950′s.

LDP

joel — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:48:16 +0000

The LDP, or Liberal Democratic Party, has been the dominate political force in Japan since World War II. Party members have held the office of prime minister almost continuously for more than 50 years. In addition, the party also held a majority of seats in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet, from its founding in 1955 to 2007. The party also controlled the House of Representatives, the lower house, for much of this time, loosing control of the body in the 1990′s, but regaining it again in the past decade.