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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. The [[Democrat Party]] also resembles [[communist]] countries in how they pick their leaders.
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. The [[Democrat Party]] also resembles [[communist]] countries in how they pick their leaders.
== Political polarization ==
[[File:Republican elephant vs. Democrat donkey.png|thumbnail|300px|right|In the [[United States]], [[political polarization]] often revolves around [[Republican Party]] vs. [[Democratic Party]] politics.<ref>DiMaggio, Paul; Evans, John; Bryson, Bethany (1 November 1996). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022840/http://educ.jmu.edu/~brysonbp/pubs/PBJ.pdf Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized?]" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology. 102 (3): 690–755. doi:10.1086/230995. S2CID 144020785.</ref>
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''See also:'' [[Political polarization]]
In a two party political system, [[political polarization]] is "the division of a country’s entire population into two diametrically opposed political camps."<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-polarization Political polarization - Britannica]</ref> In two party systems of political governance, political division is primarily driven by binary political ideologies and partisan political identities.<ref>DiMaggio, Paul; Evans, John; Bryson, Bethany (1 November 1996). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022840/http://educ.jmu.edu/~brysonbp/pubs/PBJ.pdf Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized?]" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology. 102 (3): 690–755. doi:10.1086/230995. S2CID 144020785.</ref>
However, some [[Political science|political scientists]] maintain that political division is mainly driven by other political dichotomies other than two party politics or [[right-wing]] vs. [[leftism]] such as [[religion|religious]] vs. [[Secular|irreligious/nonreligious]], [[nationalism]] vs. [[globalism]], [[traditional]]ism against [[modernism]], or rural against urban.<ref>Chinn, Sedona; Hart, P. Sol; Soroka, Stuart (February 2020). "[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002764218759576 Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content], 1985-2017". Science Communication. 42 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1177/1075547019900290. S2CID 212781410.</ref>
== Political science ==
''See also:'' [[Political science]]
[[Political science]] is the study of politics and related concepts. It is a [[social science]].
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
[[Roger Stone]] said:
[[Roger Stone]] said:
:Politics is show business for ugly people.
:Politics is show business for ugly people.
== Books ==
*''Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Science'', 2nd Edition by Vernon Bogdanor, Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd edition (April 15, 1992)
*''Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?'' by Philip E. Tetlock, Princeton University Press; New Ed edition (August 20, 2006).
== See also ==
== See also ==