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Midterm elections tend to favor the republican party. In a governmental system, a party leader acts as the official representative of their political party. Gallego was a member of the democratic congressional campaign committees frontline program. If it had been up to democrats to choose their partys nominee, sanderss bid would have collapsed after super tuesday. Central ideas in america ch 715 flashcards quizlet. He defies the laws of the united states by refusing to enforce those with. The real origins of the religious right politico magazine. The united states also has many other small parties known as third parties the republicans are often called the right or conservatives.
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