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The freedom to form, declare membership in, or campaign for candidates from a political party is considered a measurement of a state's adherence to liberal democracy as a political value. Regulation of parties may run from a crackdown on or repression of all opposition parties, a norm for authoritarian governments, to the repression of certain parties which hold or promote ideals which run counter to the general ideology of the state's incumbents (or possess membership by-laws which are legally unenforceable).

Q1: What is considered a measurement of a state's support to liberal democracy?
A1: The freedom to form, declare membership in, or campaign for
Q2: How are parties regulated?
A2: a crackdown on or repression of all opposition parties
Q3: Will parties that hold a counter belief to the general beliefs of the state's incumbents be repressed?
A3: to the repression of certain parties which hold or promote ideals which run counter to the general ideology of the state's incumbents
Furthermore, in the case of far-right, far-left and regionalism parties in the national parliaments of much of the European Union, mainstream political parties may form an informal cordon sanitarian which applies a policy of non-cooperation towards those "Outsider Parties" present in the legislature which are viewed as 'anti-system' or otherwise unacceptable for government. Cordon Sanitarian, however, have been increasingly abandoned over the past two decades in multi-party democracies as the pressure to construct broad coalitions in order to win elections – along with the increased willingness of outsider parties themselves to participate in government – has led to many such parties entering electoral and government coalitions.

Q1: Will mainstream political parties not cooperate towards outsider parties if they are too extream?
A1: mainstream political parties may form an informal cordon sanitarian which applies a policy of non-cooperation towards those "Outsider Parties"
Q2: which  outsider parties considered unacceptable to work with?
A2: far-right, far-left and regionalism
Q3: What has been increasingly abandoned in the past two decades?
A3: Cordon Sanitarian
In a nonpartisan system, no official political parties exist, sometimes reflecting legal restrictions on political parties. In nonpartisan elections, each candidate is eligible for office on his or her own merits. In nonpartisan legislatures, there are no typically formal party alignments within the legislature. The administration of George Washington and the first few sessions of the United States Congress were nonpartisan. Washington also warned against political parties during his Farewell Address. In the United States, the unicameral legislature of Nebraska is nonpartisan but is elected and votes on informal party lines. In Canada, the territorial legislatures of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are nonpartisan. In New Zealand, Tokelau has a nonpartisan parliament. Many city and county governments[vague] are nonpartisan. Nonpartisan elections and modes of governance are common outside of state institutions. Unless there are legal prohibitions against political parties, factions within nonpartisan systems often evolve into political parties.

Q1: Do official political parties exist in a nonpartisan system?
A1: In a nonpartisan system, no official political parties exist
Q2: Was the administration of George Washington nonpartisan?
A2: The administration of George Washington and the first few sessions of the United States Congress were nonpartisan.
Q3: What did Washington warn against during his farewell address?
A3: political parties
Q4: What do factions within nonpartisan systems evolve into?
A4: political parties
In one-party systems, one political party is legally allowed to hold effective power. Although minor parties may sometimes be allowed, they are legally required to accept the leadership of the dominant party. This party may not always be identical to the government, although sometimes positions within the party may in fact be more important than positions within the government. North Korea and China are examples; others can be found in Fascist states, such as Nazi Germany between 1934 and 1945. The one-party system is thus usually equated with dictatorships and tyranny.

Q1: In what systems is the political party allowed to legally hold effective power?
A1: one-party systems
Q2: What are North Korea and China examples of?
A2: positions within the party may in fact be more important than positions within the government
Q3: When was Nazi Germany in a one-party system?
A3: 1934 and 1945
Q4: What is the one-party system often compared with?
A4: dictatorships and tyranny
In dominant-party systems, opposition parties are allowed, and there may be even a deeply established democratic tradition, but other parties are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. Sometimes, political, social and economic circumstances, and public opinion are the reason for others parties' failure. Sometimes, typically in countries with less of an established democratic tradition, it is possible the dominant party will remain in power by using patronage and sometimes by voting fraud. In the latter case, the definition between dominant and one-party system becomes rather blurred. Examples of dominant party systems include the People's Action Party in Singapore, the African National Congress in South Africa, the Cambodian People's Party in Cambodia, the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, and the National Liberation Front in Algeria. One-party dominant system also existed in Mexico with the Institutional Revolutionary Party until the 1990s, in the southern United States with the Democratic Party from the late 19th century until the 1970s, in Indonesia with the Golkar from the early 1970s until 1998.

Q1: When are opposition parties allowed?
A1: In dominant-party systems
Q2: What are some of the reasons for a party's failure?
A2: political, social and economic circumstances, and public opinion
Q3: What are some ways a dominant party can stay in power?
A3: patronage and sometimes by voting fraud
Q4: What are some examples of dominant party systems?
A4: African National Congress in South Africa, the Cambodian People's Party in Cambodia
Q5: For how long did the dominant one-party system last in mexico?
A5: 1990s
The United States has become essentially a two-party system. Since a conservative (such as the Republican Party) and liberal (such as the Democratic Party) party has usually been the status quo within American politics. The first parties were called Federalist and Republican, followed by a brief period of Republican dominance before a split occurred between National Republicans and Democratic Republicans. The former became the Whig Party and the latter became the Democratic Party. The Whigs survived only for two decades before they split over the spread of slavery, those opposed becoming members of the new Republican Party, as did anti-slavery members of the Democratic Party. Third parties (such as the Libertarian Party) often receive little support and are very rarely the victors in elections. Despite this, there have been several examples of third parties siphoning votes from major parties that were expected to win (such as Theodore Roosevelt in the election of 1912 and George Wallace in the election of 1968). As third party movements have learned, the Electoral College's requirement of a nationally distributed majority makes it difficult for third parties to succeed. Thus, such parties rarely win many electoral votes, although their popular support within a state may tip it toward one party or the other. Wallace had weak support outside the South. More generally, parties with a broad base of support across regions or among economic and other interest groups, have a great chance of winning the necessary plurality in the U.S.'s largely single-member district, winner-take-all elections. The tremendous land area and large population of the country are formidable challenges to political parties with a narrow appeal.

Q1: What type of party system is the United States?
A1: two-party system
Q2: What were the first parties in the united States called?
A2: Federalist and Republican
Q3: For how long did the Whigs survive?
A3: two decades
Q4: What are challenged to an unpopular political party?
A4: tremendous land area and large population of the country
Q5: Which party was anti-slavery?
A5: Democratic Party
The UK political system, while technically a multi-party system, has functioned generally as a two-party (sometimes called a "two-and-a-half party") system; since the 1920s the two largest political parties have been the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. Before the Labour Party rose in British politics the Liberal Party was the other major political party along with the Conservatives. Though coalition and minority governments have been an occasional feature of parliamentary politics, the first-past-the-post electoral system used for general elections tends to maintain the dominance of these two parties, though each has in the past century relied upon a third party to deliver a working majority in Parliament. (A plurality voting system usually leads to a two-party system, a relationship described by Maurice Duverger and known as Duverger's Law.) There are also numerous other parties that hold or have held a number of seats in Parliament.

Q1: What has the UK political system functioned as?
A1: a two-party (sometimes called a "two-and-a-half party") system
Q2: What are the two largest political parties in the UK?
A2: Conservative Party and the Labour Party
Q3: What was the other major party before the Labour party?
A3: Liberal Party
Q4: What is Duveger's Law?
A4: A plurality voting system usually leads to a two-party system
More commonly, in cases where there are three or more parties, no one party is likely to gain power alone, and parties work with each other to form coalition governments. This has been an emerging trend in the politics of the Republic of Ireland since the 1980s and is almost always the case in Germany on national and state level, and in most constituencies at the communal level. Furthermore, since the forming of the Republic of Iceland there has never been a government not led by a coalition (usually of the Independence Party and one other (often the Social Democratic Alliance). A similar situation exists in the Republic of Ireland; since 1989, no one party has held power on its own. Since then, numerous coalition governments have been formed. These coalitions have been exclusively led by one of either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. Political change is often easier with a coalition government than in one-party or two-party dominant systems.[dubious – discuss] If factions in a two-party system are in fundamental disagreement on policy goals, or even principles, they can be slow to make policy changes, which appears to be the case now in the U.S. with power split between Democrats and Republicans. Still coalition governments struggle, sometimes for years, to change policy and often fail altogether, post World War II France and Italy being prime examples. When one party in a two-party system controls all elective branches, however, policy changes can be both swift and significant. Democrats Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson were beneficiaries of such fortuitous circumstances, as were Republicans as far removed in time as Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. Barack Obama briefly had such an advantage between 2009 and 2011.

Q1: In which case are parties not likely to gain power on their own?
A1: in cases where there are three or more parties
Q2: Is Ireland ever not led by a coalition Government?
A2: since the forming of the Republic of Iceland there has never been a government not led by a coalition
Q3: Since what date has Ireland not been led by a single power?
A3: 1989
Q4: When is political change easier?
A4: Political change is often easier with a coalition government
Q5: What are prime examples coalition governments that struggle to change policy?
A5: post World War II France and Italy
Political parties, still called factions by some, especially those in the governmental apparatus, are lobbied vigorously by organizations, businesses and special interest groups such as trade unions. Money and gifts-in-kind to a party, or its leading members, may be offered as incentives. Such donations are the traditional source of funding for all right-of-centre cadre parties. Starting in the late 19th century these parties were opposed by the newly founded left-of-centre workers' parties. They started a new party type, the mass membership party, and a new source of political fundraising, membership dues.

Q1: What are called factions by some people?
A1: Political parties
Q2: What are political parties lobbied by?
A2: organizations, businesses and special interest groups
Q3: What are traditional sources of funding for parties?
A3: Money and gifts
Q4: Around which time was the mass membership party started?
A4: 19th century
From the second half of the 20th century on parties which continued to rely on donations or membership subscriptions ran into mounting problems. Along with the increased scrutiny of donations there has been a long-term decline in party memberships in most western democracies which itself places more strains on funding. For example, in the United Kingdom and Australia membership of the two main parties in 2006 is less than an 1/8 of what it was in 1950, despite significant increases in population over that period.

Q1: Why did parties that relied on donations or subscriptions run into problems?
A1: increased scrutiny of donations there has been a long-term decline in party memberships
Q2: When did parties that relied on donations start to run into problems?
A2: second half of the 20th century
In the United Kingdom, it has been alleged that peerages have been awarded to contributors to party funds, the benefactors becoming members of the House of Lords and thus being in a position to participate in legislating. Famously, Lloyd George was found to have been selling peerages. To prevent such corruption in the future, Parliament passed the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 into law. Thus the outright sale of peerages and similar honours became a criminal act. However, some benefactors are alleged to have attempted to circumvent this by cloaking their contributions as loans, giving rise to the 'Cash for Peerages' scandal.

Q1: In the United Kingdom, what is awarded to people who help fund the parties?
A1: peerages
Q2: Who was discovered to be selling peerages?
A2: Lloyd George
Q3: What act did parliament put into place to stop such corruptions?
A3: Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act
Q4: What did the Honours act do?
A4: outright sale of peerages and similar honours became a criminal act
Q5: How did people attempt to overcome this law?
A5: cloaking their contributions as loans
There are two broad categories of public funding, direct, which entails a monetary transfer to a party, and indirect, which includes broadcasting time on state media, use of the mail service or supplies. According to the Comparative Data from the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, out of a sample of over 180 nations, 25% of nations provide no direct or indirect public funding, 58% provide direct public funding and 60% of nations provide indirect public funding. Some countries provide both direct and indirect public funding to political parties. Funding may be equal for all parties or depend on the results of previous elections or the number of candidates participating in an election. Frequently parties rely on a mix of private and public funding and are required to disclose their finances to the Election management body.

Q1: What are the two categories of public funding?
A1: direct, which entails a monetary transfer to a party, and indirect
Q2: Which percentage of nations provide no direct or indirect public funding?
A2: 25%
Q3: What percentage of nations provide direct funding?
A3: 58%
Q4: Are parties required to reveal their funding?
A4: required to disclose their finances to the Election management body.
Q5: What percentage of nations provide indirect funding?
A5: 60%
In fledgling democracies funding can also be provided by foreign aid. International donors provide financing to political parties in developing countries as a means to promote democracy and good governance. Support can be purely financial or otherwise. Frequently it is provided as capacity development activities including the development of party manifestos, party constitutions and campaigning skills. Developing links between ideologically linked parties is another common feature of international support for a party. Sometimes this can be perceived as directly supporting the political aims of a political party, such as the support of the US government to the Georgian party behind the Rose Revolution. Other donors work on a more neutral basis, where multiple donors provide grants in countries accessible by all parties for various aims defined by the recipients. There have been calls by leading development think-tanks, such as the Overseas Development Institute, to increase support to political parties as part of developing the capacity to deal with the demands of interest-driven donors to improve governance.

Q1: What can also be provided by foreign aid?
A1: funding
Q2: What do international donors do to promote democracy?
A2: provide financing to political parties in developing countries
Q3: What is another common occurrence of international support for a party?
A3: Developing links between ideologically linked parties
Q4: What does the overseas development institute want to do?
A4: to increase support to political parties
Green is the color for green parties, Islamist parties, Nordic agrarian parties and Irish republican parties. Orange is sometimes a color of nationalism, such as in the Netherlands, in Israel with the Orange Camp or with Ulster Loyalists in Northern Ireland; it is also a color of reform such as in Ukraine. In the past, Purple was considered the color of royalty (like white), but today it is sometimes used for feminist parties. White also is associated with nationalism. "Purple Party" is also used as an academic hypothetical of an undefined party, as a Centrist party in the United States (because purple is created from mixing the main parties' colors of red and blue) and as a highly idealistic "peace and love" party—in a similar vein to a Green Party, perhaps. Black is generally associated with fascist parties, going back to Benito Mussolini's blackshirts, but also with Anarchism. Similarly, brown is sometimes associated with Nazism, going back to the Nazi Party's tan-uniformed storm troopers.

Q1: What parties is the color green for?
A1: Islamist parties, Nordic agrarian parties and Irish republican parties
Q2: What was purple considered the color for?
A2: royalty
Q3: What parties is the color black associated with?
A3: fascist parties
Q4: Brown is associated with what parties?
A4: Nazism
Q5: What color is orange associated with?
A5: nationalism
Political color schemes in the United States diverge from international norms. Since 2000, red has become associated with the right-wing Republican Party and blue with the left-wing Democratic Party. However, unlike political color schemes of other countries, the parties did not choose those colors; they were used in news coverage of 2000 election results and ensuing legal battle and caught on in popular usage. Prior to the 2000 election the media typically alternated which color represented which party each presidential election cycle. The color scheme happened to get inordinate attention that year, so the cycle was stopped lest it cause confusion the following election.

Q1: What is the color red associated with?
A1: right-wing Republican Party
Q2: What political party is the color blue associated with?
A2: left-wing Democratic Party
Q3: Did the political parties choose those colors?
A3: unlike political color schemes of other countries, the parties did not choose those colors
Q4: In what year did the occurrence of using different color schemes for the parties stop?
A4: 2000
During the 19th and 20th century, many national political parties organized themselves into international organizations along similar policy lines. Notable examples are The Universal Party, International Workingmen's Association (also called the First International), the Socialist International (also called the Second International), the Communist International (also called the Third International), and the Fourth International, as organizations of working class parties, or the Liberal International (yellow), Hizb ut-Tahrir, Christian Democratic International and the International Democrat Union (blue). Organized in Italy in 1945, the International Communist Party, since 1974 headquartered in Florence has sections in six countries.[citation needed] Worldwide green parties have recently established the Global Greens. The Universal Party, The Socialist International, the Liberal International, and the International Democrat Union are all based in London. Some administrations (e.g. Hong Kong) outlaw formal linkages between local and foreign political organizations, effectively outlawing international political parties.

Q1: When did political parties organize themselves into international organizations?
A1: 19th and 20th century
Q2: What are some examples of this?
A2: The Universal Party, International Workingmen's Association
Q3: Name an example of an administration that outlaws links between local and foreign political organizations.
A3: Hong Kong
French political scientist Maurice Duverger drew a distinction between cadre parties and mass parties. Cadre parties were political elites that were concerned with contesting elections and restricted the influence of outsiders, who were only required to assist in election campaigns. Mass parties tried to recruit new members who were a source of party income and were often expected to spread party ideology as well as assist in elections.Socialist parties are examples of mass parties, while the British Conservative Party and the German Christian Democratic Union are examples of hybrid parties. In the United States, where both major parties were cadre parties, the introduction of primaries and other reforms has transformed them so that power is held by activists who compete over influence and nomination of candidates.

Q1: Who drew a difference between cadre parties and mass parties?
A1: Maurice Duverger
Q2: What are cadre parties?
A2: political elites that were concerned with contesting elections and restricted the influence of outsiders
Q3: What are mass parties?
A3: Mass parties tried to recruit new members who were a source of party income and were often expected to spread party ideology
Q4: What is an example of a mass party?
A4: Socialist parties
Q5: What type of parties are the two major parties in the United States?
A5: cadre parties
A cappella [a kapˈpɛlla] (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is accompanied singing. The term "a cappella" was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style. In the 19th century a renewed interest in Renaissance polyphony coupled with an ignorance of the fact that vocal parts were often doubled by instrumentalists led to the term coming to mean unaccompanied vocal music. The term is also used, albeit rarely, as a synonym for alla breve.

Q1: What does A cappella mean in the Italian language?
A1: in the manner of the chapel
Q2: What is another term occasionally used to refer to A cappella?
A2: alla breve
Q3: At what point did Renaissance polyphony become popular again?
A3: 19th century
Q4: How is A cappella currently defined?
A4: group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment
Q5: A cappella was originally used to tell the difference between which two styles?
A5: Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato