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Film, Video Pillars of Democracy: The Political Parties

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Title

  • Pillars of Democracy: The Political Parties

Summary

  • Despite periodic efforts to create new parties, for well over a century nothing has broken the hold of the Democratic and Republican parties on governance and elections. But while a president or major legislative faction from outside the two-party system may be hard to imagine in the near future, primary elections, party discipline in voting, and the relationships between the parties have changed a great deal in recent decades. Public attitudes towards the parties have changed as well. Join the John W. Kluge Center, the Brookings Institution, and the American Enterprise Institute for a discussion of the party system, how it shapes our political futures, and how it might be improved.

Event Date

  • December 16, 2021

Running Time

  • 1 hours 21 minutes 51 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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