Although political parties were not recognised by the Constitution until 1977, [35] their existence has since Federation, and more particularly since 1910, dominated the operation of the House of ...

The Constitution does not mention political parties, yet they play an important role in U.S. government. They began to emerge with disputes over the ratification of the Constitution, becoming ...

Political parties are usually more successful if they have large, active memberships and can attract donations from supporters and party members. Anyone can join a political party. The membership ...

The debate around the fate of these inactive entities has gained momentum, with analysts proposing mergers to form stronger ...

Australia’s system of government is based on the existence of political parties. While the Members of the House of Representatives are individually elected to represent constituents within each ...

It is perhaps the central irony of our politics today: We live in an incredibly polarized and partisan moment, but our political parties have never been weaker. As odd as it sounds, political ...

The terms "old" and "new" have been played around with in the cut and thrust of this election campaign but exactly how old are our current crop of political parties? The BBC's Elena Egawhary has taken ...