party politics
Democrats versus Republicans
Party politics refers to political activity driven by loyalty to a political party rather than broader principles or the public good.
The term often carries a dismissive or critical tone, suggesting that partisan maneuvering has displaced genuine governance: Let's set aside party politics and focus on what's best for the country.
It can also neutrally describe the system of competing parties that structures democratic elections and legislatures.
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- electionOrganized public voting
- debateFormal argument on issues
ballot · smoke-filled room · rally · political factions · electoral reform · power struggle · candidate · hyperpartisanship · campaign · swing state · safe seat · voter base · get out the vote · mudslinging · primaries · ideology · gerrymandering · incumbents
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- political sciencepolitical science, political theory, political behavior, political economy, political institutions
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- party politicsparties, partisanship, bipartisan, Democrat, Republican
- political literaturepolicy papers, government documents, political analysis, white papers, constitutional law
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
party politicsbipartisanship
Cooperation between political rivals
nonpartisanship · consensus-building · unity government · national unity · coalition-building
party politicsfree vote
Uncoerced legislative ballot
party politicsone-party rule
Governance by one faction
technocracy · autocracy · direct democracy · military rule · single-party state
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