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A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. [1] In a one-party state, all opposition parties are either outlawed or enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections .
In the United States, divided government describes a situation in which one party controls the White House (executive branch), while another party controls one or both houses of the United States Congress (legislative branch). Divided government is seen by different groups as a benefit or as an undesirable product of the model of governance ...
State government trifectas have become more common since the 2010s, going from 24 states having trifectas to 36 in 2020. Government trifectas are contrasted by divided governments—a situation in which one party controls the executive branch while another party controls one or both houses of the legislative branch.
That entity may be an individual, as in a dictatorship or it may be a group, as in a one-party state. The word despotism means to "rule in the fashion of despots" and is often used to describe autocracy. Historical examples of autocracy include the Roman Empire, North Korea, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Eritrea and Nazi Germany.
The year 2024 will ring in a harsh political reality for Texas Democrats: 30 years since anyone from the party was elected to statewide office. We are a state with one-party rule in the capital ...
One-party rule has helped the few rather than all of us. The people of Indiana deserve a state government that works for them — a Gov. Jennifer McCormick and a more representative legislature.
We've become a polarized state of localized one-party rule hindered by narrower debates with fewer ideas. Elected leaders don't need to consider a wide range of alternative views to keep their jobs.
Map of relative party strengths in each U.S. state after the 2020 presidential election. Political party strength in U.S. states is the level of representation of the various political parties in the United States in each statewide elective office providing legislators to the state and to the U.S. Congress and electing the executives at the state (U.S. state governor) and national (U.S ...