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Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
Pages in category "Political terminology of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 209 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) -
Left–right political spectrum; Left-wing politics; Left-wing populism; Legal constitution; Legislative session; LGBTQ wing; Linguistic prescription; List of political metaphors; List of politically motivated renamings; Lobbying; Locust (ethnic slur) Logrolling; Lookism; Loss of supply; Low information voter; Lulism; Lustration; Lysenkoism
It entered the English lexicon in the 17th century to describe Indian court officials who served as advisors of Hindu law to English judges. The modern take on the term applies to many more people.
The following is a chronological list of political catchphrases throughout the history of the United States government. This is not necessarily a list of historical quotes, but phrases that have been commonly referenced or repeated within various political contexts.
In political science, a revolution is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due to perceived oppression (political, social, economic) or political incompetence. [32] In a revolution political violence is usually common.
Political violence does not work. And yet some people think it does. Some political violence is the result of delusional people on a rampage. But many sane people still believe in its efficacy.
Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).