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Bipartisan

Describing any measure or policy that draws support from two political parties. For example, in the United States, a unanimously passed defense bill may be said to be bipartisan. The term is used in countries with de facto or de jure two-party systems.

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Even though the winner-takes-all electoral system is valued for its ability to create bipartisanism (a stabilized political system controlled by two strong parties in which one has a clear majority) it is necessary to emphasize that bipartisanism is derived from other significant factors as well: structural historical traditions, socio-economical conditions specific to individual societies, etc.

Electoral system reform in the Czech Republic

I thought we discussed the importance of bipartisanism. Anyway, this is my commission.

The Mordor study group: transcript from a Dec. 18 session

By the way, I talked about bipartisanism in the U.S.

The Summit of the Americas and the Caribbean

Clinton may think this signals that he is adopting bipartisanism, but relying on a truth-bending gamesman shows he is embracing the politics of cynicism.