How to Use two-party in a Sentence
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Most of the country resides in red or blue states where the outcome in a two-party race is not in doubt.
—Marianne Levine, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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The United States is often said to have a two-party system.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
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Like Brana, West has championed a break from the two-party system.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 5 June 2023
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Since the formation of the current two-party system in 1854, ...
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 27 July 2023
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But this is also the man who discovered, lurking within the rot of the two-party system, a strange new shape in the electorate.
—Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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This contrasts with the more or less stable two-party system in the U.S. of Republicans and Democrats.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
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With a few brief exceptions, the United States has had a two-party system ever since.
—Christopher Devine, The Conversation, 10 July 2023
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Their victory in the 1828 election set the stage for what would become the two-party system, as well as the sectional and partisan strife that would lead to the Civil War.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
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These discrepancies have long been a part of U.K. elections, which are geared toward a two-party system.
—Katie Marie Davies, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2024
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Why does the United States have a two-party political system?
—Christopher Devine, The Conversation, 10 July 2023
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The center has long been a key place to get things done and keep heads cool in the U.S.’s two-party system — but that center is a pretty empty place in American politics these days.
—Dante Chinni, NBC News, 28 May 2023
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This entitlement on the part of Democrats and Republicans is part of what has been long broken in this country’s two-party system.
—WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
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That's a clear sign that America’s two-party system is alive and well, even if some say voters don't like the polarization that results from that dynamic.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2024
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For the record, true two-party competition means that all those Democrats should also have gotten Republican challengers.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2024
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Our two-party system gives us alternatives that nobody wants.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024
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The communists were toppled, and the country has since developed a reasonably stable two-party system.
—Tuvshinzaya Gantulga, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023
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In any event, many political observers believe that still won’t change the usual two-party domination.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
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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
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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.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 30 May 2024
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The two-party division of Congress belies the fact that the ideological distance between moderates in either party is not that great.
—Matt Harris, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
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Their predominantly wealthy, white Christian membership was looking for a vehicle outside of the two-party system with which to make an impact.
—Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
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The increase may require scholars, media outlets and the public to shift their traditional two-party view of American politics.
—Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
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His triumph smashed the old two-party system that dominated Mexican politics for decades.
—Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 30 May 2024
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The two-party system is clearly to blame for amplifying anti-democratic populists.
—Gabriel Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
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Others argue for reforms within the two-party system, like more effective limits on campaign spending.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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California is a two-party consent state for the recording of oral communications, not images, only when there’s a presumption of privacy, which there wouldn’t be at a public protest.
—Justin Vallejo, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2023
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The outcome was an inconclusive election and a political muddle that has become familiar to Spaniards since their two-party system fractured nearly a decade ago.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 July 2023
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Nothing in that hierarchy, to Keyes’ knowledge, prefers two-party bookings over solo travelers.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2023
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Although Britain is often considered a two-party system, these historically smaller groups could be called on to form a coalition if neither the Conservatives nor Labour win enough seats to govern alone.
—NBC News, 4 July 2024
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Besides creating our two-party system, how about a presidency that corresponded with the worst depression the U.S. had experienced up to that time?
—David Morgan, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2024
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