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two-party system
[ too-pahr-tee ]
noun
- a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
two-party system
noun
- a condition or system in which two major parties dominate a political unit
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of two-party system1
Example Sentences
In the U.S. two-party system, it has swallowed one of the two existing parties, usurping the role of conservatism and exploiting traditional party loyalties.
If you hate Wall Street, Trump or the two-party system, there’s a lot to work with here.
"If you have a two-party system, it can take a really long time before societal tensions reach the top at the political level, and then suddenly you have this takeover by ideological extremists, as we have seen with the Republican Party."
That's a lot more difficult to do in a two-party system than it is in a multiparty system, as we have in Europe, because when you have these sort of social tensions that are slowly building up, there will always emerge a new political party.
But if you have a two-party system, then it can take a really long time before those tensions reach the top at the political level, and then suddenly you have this takeover by ideological extremists, such as we have seen with the Republican Party, and then things can go really bad very quickly.
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