[article taken from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Politics#USA] USA The United States Constitution is silent on the subject of political organizations, mainly because most of the founding fathers disliked them. Yet, major and minor...
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[article taken from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Politics#USA] USA The United States Constitution is silent on the subject of political organizations, mainly because most of the founding fathers disliked them. Yet, major and minor political parties and groups soon arose - primarily through the efforts of these same founding fathers. In partisan elections, candidates are nominated by a political party or seek public office as an independent. Each state has significant discretion in deciding how candidates are nominated, and thus eligible to appear on the election ballot. Typically, major party candidates are formally chosen in a party primary or convention, whereas minor party representatives and Independents are required to complete a petitioning process. Registered Democrats, Republicans and independents as a percentage of the electorate. This pie chart depicts the party affiliations of Americans as of July 2014. The complete list of political parties in the
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