two-party
adjective
two-par·ty
ˈtü-ˈpär-tē 
: characterized by two major political parties of comparable strength
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Farmer said Kennedy’s views and platform excites him and provides a new opportunity to buck a polarizing two-party system.
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Stephen Fowler, NPR, 30 May 2024
His triumph smashed the old two-party system that dominated Mexican politics for decades.
—Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 30 May 2024
This was routinely the case from the end of Reconstruction until the Great Depression, as the two-party system was still defined by the legacy of the Civil War and slavery, not the immense challenges unleashed by industrialization.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024
No Labels ran up against the immovable reality of the two-party duopoly in America, which boxes our leaders into corners and keeps them separated at all costs.
—L. Roger Hutson, The Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2024
In October 2022, Jolie filed a cross-complaint that argued that the couple had no agreement regarding two-party consent to the sale of either party’s interest in the property.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
In 1992, the two-party vote in the average congressional or legislative district different from the presidential vote by 6 percentage points or more.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
Partisan deadlock is one structural impediment to a sudden authoritarian breakthrough; so are the anti-democratic filibuster, the sclerotic two-party system, and the lamentably high bar to amending the Constitution.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
In part, this is because state laws and court rulings have actually made qualification somewhat easier for presidential contenders running outside the two-party system than for similar candidates who want to seek offices such as the U.S. House of Representatives.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Stephen Fowler, NPR, 30 May 2024
His triumph smashed the old two-party system that dominated Mexican politics for decades.
—Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 30 May 2024
This was routinely the case from the end of Reconstruction until the Great Depression, as the two-party system was still defined by the legacy of the Civil War and slavery, not the immense challenges unleashed by industrialization.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024
No Labels ran up against the immovable reality of the two-party duopoly in America, which boxes our leaders into corners and keeps them separated at all costs.
—L. Roger Hutson, The Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2024
In October 2022, Jolie filed a cross-complaint that argued that the couple had no agreement regarding two-party consent to the sale of either party’s interest in the property.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
In 1992, the two-party vote in the average congressional or legislative district different from the presidential vote by 6 percentage points or more.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
Partisan deadlock is one structural impediment to a sudden authoritarian breakthrough; so are the anti-democratic filibuster, the sclerotic two-party system, and the lamentably high bar to amending the Constitution.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
In part, this is because state laws and court rulings have actually made qualification somewhat easier for presidential contenders running outside the two-party system than for similar candidates who want to seek offices such as the U.S. House of Representatives.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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