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  2. Politics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The American political culture is rooted in the colonial experience and the American Revolution. The colonies were unique within the European world for their (relatively) widespread suffrage provided to white male property owners, and the relative power and activity of the elected bodies they could vote for.

  3. How the Fed weighs 'political risk' behind closed doors

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    The political conversations in 2016 were considerably milder than was common in decades prior, according to academics who say Fed transcripts from the 1970s through the 1990s demonstrate that ...

  4. Political history in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Around 1880-1920 wide-ranging non-academic historians such as George Bancroft and James Ford Rhodes focused on durable institutions, especially the presidency, Congress, and the two main political parties. Traditional political history focused on major leaders and long played a dominant role beyond academic historians in the United States.

  5. 2010s in United States history - Wikipedia

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    2010s in United States history. President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump in 2017. 2010s in United States history is the compiled history of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2019.

  6. Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Republican Party, also known as the GOP ( Grand Old Party ), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It emerged as the main political rival of the Democratic Party in the mid-1850s. The party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, an act which allowed for the ...

  7. Political ideologies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Percentage of liberals (blue) and conservatives (red) in favor of major political proposals in the United States (Pew Research Center, 2021) American political ideologies conventionally align with the left–right political spectrum, with most Americans identifying as conservative, liberal, or moderate.

  8. Liberalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 1950s and 1960s, both major American political parties included liberal and conservative factions. The Democratic Party had on one hand Northern and Western liberals and on the other generally conservative Southern whites. Difficult to classify were the Northern urban Democratic political machines. The urban machines had supported New ...

  9. Social media and political communication in the United States

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    The rise of social media in the mid-2000s profoundly changed political communication in the United States, as it allowed regular individuals, politicians, and thought leaders to publicly express their opinions to, and engage with, wide networks of like-minded individuals. [2] As social media activity has grown, the participation of social media ...

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