Political Party Systems

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|Reading full reference|Van Acker E. 2009. ‘Political Parties and Party Systems’, in Politics for Business Students: A Comparative Introduction, edited |
| |by R. Eccleston, R. Hollander,
It is explained that The democrats are a pro left party and the republicans are Conservative pro right wing.|
| |Australian political arena is shown as multiparty system where two major parties fight for government and they are from two |
| |different spectrum of political orientation ALP being left and Liberals being the right wing and the rest of political parties |
| |further explained aspire to rather influence them or keep them aligned by holding balance of power in the upper house of |
| |representatives. It further explains the strategy of action the Australian Parties take in order to influence the electorate |
| |such as Mass party or catch all party |
|Strong and convincing |Parties are the key elements that mobilise electoral support and shape electoral behaviour by putting ahead they policies and |
|parts of the text |the way they believe things should be done. It is well argued that in Democracy Political parties need each other to make the