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  2. One-party state - Wikipedia

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    A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. [1] In a one-party state, all opposition parties are either outlawed or enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections .

  3. Political realignment - Wikipedia

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    The Country/National Party would even win a parliamentary majority in its own right at the Queensland state elections in 1983 and 1986, the only occasions where the party has governed a State or Territory of Australia without being in Coalition with the Liberal Party. 1989 Queensland state election — Labor victory; Wayne Goss Premier of ...

  4. Tyranny of the majority - Wikipedia

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    Evidently by one of two only. Either the existence of the same passion or interest in a majority at the same time must be prevented, or the majority, having such coexistent passion or interest, must be rendered, by their number and local situation, unable to concert and carry into effect schemes of oppression.

  5. Particracy - Wikipedia

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    The ultimate particracy is the one-party state, although in a sense that is not a true party, for it does not perform the essential function to rival other parties. There it is often installed by law, while in multi-party states particracy cannot be imposed or effectively prevented by law.

  6. Dominant-party system - Wikipedia

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    Iran: The Iran Novin Party dominated Iran's parliament, cabinet, and local councils from 1964 until Iran became a one-party state in 1975. Israel : Mapai in Israel was the dominant party from the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 (and before 1944 they won the Assembly of Representatives since 1925) until merging into present-day ...

  7. US state officials say election confidence imperiled by lies ...

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    Toulouse Oliver was one of six state election officials who appeared before the committee on Wednesday for a hearing about public confidence in the Nov. 5 election.

  8. Monopoly on violence - Wikipedia

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    However, this monopoly is limited to a certain geographical area, and in fact this limitation to a particular area is one of the things that defines a state." [2] In other words, Weber describes the state as any organization that succeeds in holding the exclusive right to use, threaten, or authorize physical force against residents of its ...

  9. Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia

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    If human confidence had perfect calibration, judgments with 100% confidence would be correct 100% of the time, 90% confidence correct 90% of the time, and so on for the other levels of confidence. By contrast, the key finding is that confidence exceeds accuracy so long as the subject is answering hard questions about an unfamiliar topic.