The Political Parties in the United States美国的政党体系.pptVIP

The Political Parties in the United States focus What is the American Political Party System? What is relationship between these parties? What is the relationship between the political party and the president election? symbols The Democratic Party The Republican Party Bipartisanship-----两党制 Democratic Party---民主党 Interesting Facts: The symbol of the donkey for the Democratic Party is said to have stemmed from Andrew Jackson. His opposition called him a jackass（公驴；愚蠢的人） . Instead of taking it as an insult, he chose to adopt this as a symbol. This, in turn, became the symbol of the Democratic Party. Democratic Party---民主党 Republican Party ---共和党 Republican Party ---共和党 American president election The election of the President and Vice President of the United States is an indirect vote（间接选举） in which citizens cast ballots for a slate of members of the U.S. Electoral College（总统选举团）， these electors in turn directly elect the President and Vice President. Presidential elections occur quadrennially（四年一次的）.The Election Day is the Tuesday between November 2 and 8, coinciding with the general elections of various other federal, states and local races. The most recent was the 2012 presidential election, held on November 6 that year. Some other parties Libertarian Party 自由党 American Independent Party 美国独立党 Green Party 绿党 Reform Party 改革党 Democratic Socialists of American 美国民主社会主义者 Social Democrats, USA 社会民主党 Socialist Party, USA 社会党 Communist Party 共产党 Natural Law Party of the USA 自然法律党 Constitution Party 宪法党 New Party 新党 * * * * * * The two major political parties in the united states are the Republican and Democratic Parties. Established and supported by those with wealth and power, both have ruled the nati