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people who share broad political goals often gather into [[parties]] to mobilize fundraising and create a unified manifesto, called a party [[platform]]. In a multi-party state, such as the United States, politics can be adversarial but in a productive way.  

people who share broad political goals often gather into [[parties]] to mobilize fundraising and create a unified manifesto, called a party [[platform]]. In a multi-party state, such as the United States, politics can be adversarial but in a productive way.  

In a single-party state, such as [[communist China]] or certain democracies where the minority party is practically non-existent, politics amounts to a process of rubber-stamping the decisions of a small ruling group.

In a single-party state, such as [[communist China]] or [[Nazi Germany]], politics amounts to a process of rubber-stamping the decisions of a small ruling group.

 

Sometimes the accusation that an opponent is "playing partisan politics" is thrown around as a criticism, but this is actually expected behavior in a multi-party system.

[[Category:Politics]]

[[Category:Politics]]