What is meant by a nonpartisan candidate?

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What is meant by a nonpartisan candidate? What are the characteristics of a single party candidate? Why does a dominant party system always have an advantage?

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PSC 2219    Class 2-Wednesday, 01/23/2019     Types of party systems:  1- ​Nonpartisan      -   Running for office but no party name behind it (independent/ individual)  2- ​Single party      -   One party rules (communist party)     -   Usually a dictatorship   3- ​Two party     -   2 parties that alternate in power (through elections)     -   Usually have catch-all parties   4- ​Multi party system     -   Most common in democracy     -   Multiple parties compete for office      -   E.g: Canada, UK     -   Tend to be two dominant parties or coalition   5- ​Dominant party system     -   Democratically elect the same party over and over again     -   Seems like a single party state as other parties very rarely to none times come into power

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