Political Parties in America

POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA

• US Government: Mrs. Lacks

Two-party system

• The US is a two-party system
• Democratic
• Republican
• Most democracies have multiple parties

Multi-Party Systems

• Country: # of parties represented in legislature
• Australia: 7
• Denmark:11
• Germany: 5
• Guatemala: 11
• Iceland: 5
• Israel: 12
• Turkey: 4

Multi-Party Systems

• Political Parties Represented in Danish Parliament:
• Venstre (Denmark’s Liberal Party) - The largest party in Denmark with 47 seats in parliament. It is led by ex PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
• Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) -The party has 44 of 179 seats in parliament. It is led by PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
• Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti) - The party has 22 seats in parliament. It is led by Pia Kjærsgaard.
• The Social Liberals (Det Radikale Venstre) - The party has 17 seats in parliament. It is led by Margrethe Vestager.
• Socialist People’s Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) - The party has 16 seats in parliament. It is led by Villy Søvndal.
• Conservative People’s Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) -The party has eight seats in parliament. It is led by Lars Barfoed.
• Unity List (Enhedslisten) - The party has 12 seats in parliament and has a collective leadership
• Liberal Alliance - The party has nine seats in parliament. It is led by Anders Samuelsen Greenland and the Faroes: two parties from each country have four seats in the Danish Parliament, three of which support the current Government.

Two Party System

• We have relied on the two party system since the inception of the Federalists (Alexander Hamilton) and the Democratic Republicans (Thomas Jefferson)

Political parties

• Political parties are an essential component of republican government
• What precisely is a political party?
• An organization that sponsors candidates for public office under the organization’s name, label, title, or banner