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American political parties
This article presents the historical development and role of political parties in United States politics, and outlines more extensively the significantmodern political parties. Throughout most of its history, American politics have been dominated by a two-party system. However, the United States Constitution has always been silent on the issue of politicalparties; at the time it was signed in 1787, there were no parties in the nation. Indeed, no nation in the world had voter-based political parties. The need to win popular support in a republic led to theAmerican invention of political parties in the 1790s.[1] Americans were especially innovative in devising new campaign techniques that linked public opinion with public policy through the party.[2]Political scientists and historians have divided the development of America's two-party system into five eras.[3] The modern two-party system consists of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Ingeneral, since the 1930s the Democratic Party positions itself left-of-center in American politics while the Republican Party positions itself as right-wing. Several third parties also operate in theU.S., and from time to time elect someone to local office.[4] The third-largest political party since the 1980s is the centrist Libertarian Party.
En este artículo se presenta el desarrollo históricoy el papel de los partidos políticos en los Estados Unidos la política, y describe más ampliamente los importantes partidos políticos modernos. A lo largo de casi toda su historia, la políticaestadounidense ha estado dominada por un sistema de dos partidos. Sin embargo, la Constitución de Estados Unidos siempre ha estado en silencio sobre la cuestión de los partidos políticos, a la vez que sefirmó en 1787, no había partidos en la nación. De hecho, ningún país en el mundo había basado votantes partidos políticos. La necesidad de ganar apoyo popular en una república llevó a la invención...