Definitions for two-party system
two-par·ty sys·tem

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1. Two-party system

   A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority or governing party while the other is the minority or opposition party. Around the world, the term has different meanings. For example, in the United States, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe, the sense of two-party system describes an arrangement in which all or nearly all elected officials belong to either of the two major parties, and third parties rarely win any seats in the legislature. In such arrangements, two-party systems are thought to result from several factors, like "winner takes all" or "first past the post" election systems. In such systems, while chances for third-party candidates winning election to major national office are remote, it is possible for groups within the larger parties, or in opposition to one or both of them, to exert influence on the two major parties. In contrast, in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia and in other parliamentary systems and elsewhere, the term two-party system is sometimes used to indicate an arrangement in which two major parties dominate elections but in which there are viable third parties that do win some seats in the legislature, and in which the two major parties exert proportionately greater influence than their percentage of votes would suggest. Explanations for why a political system with free elections may evolve into a two-party system have been debated. A leading theory, referred to as Duverger's law, states that two parties are a natural result of a winner-take-all voting system.

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1. Two-party system

   A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate politics within a government. One of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority party while the other is the minority party. The term has different senses. For example, in the United States, Jamaica, and Malta, the sense of two party system describes an arrangement in which all or nearly all elected officials only belong to one of the two major parties, and third parties rarely win any seats in the legislature. In such arrangements, two-party systems are thought to result from various factors like winner takes all election rules. In such systems, while chances for third party candidates winning election to major national office are remote, it is possible for groups within the larger parties, or in opposition to one or both of them, to exert influence on the two major parties.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of two-party system in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of two-party system in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of two-party system in a Sentence

1. Representatives John Boehner on Wednesday:

   Listen, because America has essentially a two-party system, each of the parties represents a pretty wide divergent set of views, you've got a member here and a member there who are off the reservation. No big deal.

2. Wednesday Biden:

   We badly need a Republican Party. We need a two-party system. It's not healthy to have a one-party system, and I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point.

3. Vi Lyles:

   This is our opportunity to, once again, put Charlotte in the international spotlight to demonstrate the democratic process and two-party system that we deeply value.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   I am not a billionaire, to run outside of the two-party system would require enormous sums of money.

5. Raul Labrador:

   I never stop thinking about these sorts of things, it's not because I have any immediate plans or anything like that, but I never stop thinking about those things because there is a big problem with the current two-party system we have, and someone has to shake it up.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Party_System
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=two-party system