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 -
The United States is often said to have a two-party system.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023 -
Like Brana, West has championed a break from the two-party system.
— Char Adams, NBC News, 5 June 2023 -
Since the formation of the current two-party system in 1854, ...
— Christian Schneider, National Review, 27 July 2023 -
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 -
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 -
With a few brief exceptions, the United States has had a two-party system ever since.
— Christopher Devine, The Conversation, 10 July 2023 -
His election heralded the growing success of the GOP in the sunshine state and the revival of two-party politics.
— Allison Mashell Mitchell / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
Ultimately, the two-party system is one of the United States’ great shock absorbers for social change.
— Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
Adapting these lessons to the United States’ two-party system is hard, but not impossible.
— Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024 -
Why does the United States have a two-party political system?
— Christopher Devine, The Conversation, 10 July 2023 -
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 -
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 -
Our two-party political system puts us on a mental track of seeing things in black and white, as part of an either/or paradigm.
— Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
Sign up Chaos and ugliness seem all but certain in November because our two-party democracy needs one side to admit defeat and walk away.
— Theunis Bates, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
Our two-party system gives us alternatives that nobody wants.
— Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024 -
The communists were toppled, and the country has since developed a reasonably stable two-party system.
— Tuvshinzaya Gantulga, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The media often portrays U.S. politics through a polarized, two-party lens.
— Benjamin Case, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024 -
There’s still nothing in the Constitution that would forbid a two-party presidential ticket.
— Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024 -
Kennedy’s campaign resonates with a diverse coalition of voters disillusioned by the current two-party system.
— Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
The upcoming election could test whether the rising influence of smaller parties will drive greater turnout, or if the traditional two-party dominance will persist.
— Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 -
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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