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Carr decision, James Sanders, a voter in Fulton County, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia which challenged the legality of the county unit system. James H. Gray, the chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Democratic Party, was one of the defendants named in the suit.
Uniparty is used as a term to suggest that ostensibly separate political parties actually function as a single party. It is often used to describe the United States Republican Party and Democratic Party as two faces of a uniparty, though it has also been used in reference to the British Conservative Party and Labour Party. [1]
Under party rules, automatic delegates shall "legally reside in their respective state and ... shall be recognized as part of their state's delegation" (Rule 9.E). [7] For example, in the 2008 convention, former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis was a superdelegate (by virtue of his position as a past DNC chair), but because he had moved to Florida in 2006, he was counted as part of the Florida ...
The Democratic Party is a staunch supporter of equal opportunity for all Americans regardless of sex, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, or national origin. The Democratic Party has broad appeal across most socioeconomic and ethnic demographics, as seen in recent exit polls. [219]
A party system is a concept in comparative political science concerning the system of government by political parties in a democratic country. The idea is that political parties have basic similarities: they control the government, have a stable base of mass popular support, and create internal mechanisms for controlling funding, information and nominations.
The Second Party System was the political party system operating in the United States from about 1828 to early 1854, after the First Party System ended. [1] The system was characterized by rapidly rising levels of voter interest, beginning in 1828, as demonstrated by Election Day turnouts, rallies, partisan newspapers, and high degrees of personal loyalty to parties.
In political science, a multi-party system is a political system where more than two meaningfully-distinct political parties regularly run for office and win elections. [1] Multi-party systems tend to be more common in countries using proportional representation compared to those using winner-take-all elections, a result known as Duverger's law .
The McGovern–Fraser Commission, formally known as Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection, [1] [2] was a commission created by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in response to the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention. [3]