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A political faction is a group of people with a common political purpose, especially a subgroup of a political party that has interests or opinions different from the rest of the political party. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Intragroup conflict between factions can lead to schism of the political party into two political parties.
The moderate faction supports Third Way politics that includes center-left social policies and centrist fiscal policies, mostly associated with the New Democrats and Clintonism of the 1990s, while the left-wing faction (known as progressives) advocates for progressivism and social democracy.
The Faction, an American punk rock band; Faction , a political faction in the game Planescape; Faction (literature), a type of historical novel based on fact; Factions ; The Faction, an Atlanta United supporters' group; Faction fighting, an English term for Irish mass stick fights, see Bataireacht
The Republican Party in the United States includes several factions, or wings.During the 19th century, Republican factions included the Half-Breeds, who supported civil service reform; the Radical Republicans, who advocated the immediate and total abolition of slavery, and later advocated civil rights for freed slaves during the Reconstruction era; and the Stalwarts, who supported machine ...
The Faction is an American hardcore band from San Jose, California. Pioneers of the skate punk era during the early 1980s, their primary stint being from Halloween 1982 until Halloween 2020, The Faction were one of the first bands whose music and lifestyle tastes centered on punk rock and skateboarding .
The Pragmatist Caucus was a moderate faction long influential within the Libertarian Party. It was associated with the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns of Gary Johnson . It dissolved in 2022 due to a controversy caused by the Mises Caucus-controlled Libertarian Party of New Hampshire , which posted offensive messages on social media .
Federalist No. 10 continues a theme begun in Federalist No. 9 and is titled "The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection". The whole series is cited by scholars and jurists as an authoritative interpretation and explication of the meaning of the Constitution.
The Shanghai clique (simplified Chinese: 上海帮; traditional Chinese: 上海幫; pinyin: Shànghǎi bāng), also referred to as the Shanghai gang, Jiang clique, or Jiang faction, refers to an informal group of Chinese Communist Party officials who rose to prominence under former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin while he served as the party chief and mayor of Shanghai.