How to Use two-party in a Sentence

two-party

adjective
  • 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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