1. The text explains that a political party is an organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence the government in support of those views.
2. It states that political parties exist at every level of government and help individuals have more power to influence government than if they acted alone.
3. The document describes different types of party systems: no political parties (e.g., Qatar, Saudi Arabia), single-party systems (e.g., China, Vietnam, North Korea), two-party systems (e.g., United States), and multi-party systems (e.g., most European countries, Mexico, Australia, Japan).
4. It notes that in a two-party system like the U.S., two major parties hold most of the power, while other parties rarely win elections.
5. The text defines a “party platform” as the set of statements describing a party’s views on major national issues, which reflects what the party believes and stands for.
6. It mentions that in the U.S., the two major parties are Democrats and Republicans, and their platforms can be found on their respective websites.
7. A table lists several countries and the number of parties in office: Australia (7), Denmark (11), Germany (5), Guatemala (11), Kuwait (0), Israel (12), Turkey (4), United States (2), Vietnam (1).
8. The source of the data in the table is cited as CIA World Factbook 2011.
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