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But Republicans - buoyed by a growing distaste for single-party control among the electorate - have successfully broadened the number of races regarded as competitive to nearly 100, providing themselves considerable margin for error as they seek to regain House control.

Republicans on the offensive as Tuesday nears; House could fall, Senate unlikely Dan Balz 2010

The move would be a departure from Syria's single-party system that has been dominated for decades by the Assad family's Ba'ath party.

Gulf Bloc Calls for End to Syrian Bloodshed 2011

Monopolizing power, instead of bringing technocrats into government, hints to the fact that the Ennahda Movement embraces single-party rule.

Raghida Dergham: The West's Imprudent Investment in Islamist Movements Raghida Dergham 2012

The South has had a single-party system since the foundation of the colonies.

Matthew Yglesias » Phoenix-Like 2009

Monopolizing power, instead of bringing technocrats into government, hints to the fact that the Ennahda Movement embraces single-party rule.

Raghida Dergham: The West's Imprudent Investment in Islamist Movements Raghida Dergham 2012

The Communist Party maintains single-party authority across all levels of government – national, provincial, city, county and township –but began experimenting with grassroots democracy in the 1980s when Deng Xiaoping was paramount leader.

Wukan goes to the polls 2012

Lee Kuan Yew has argued that Western-style democracy isn't appropriate for every country, and many Asian political theorists have looked upon Singapore as a template for maintaining single-party control over time.

Singapore's Ruling Party Wins Election Chun Han Wong 2011

Mr. Lee has argued that Western-style democracy isn't appropriate for every country, and many Asian political theorists have looked upon Singapore as a template for maintaining single-party control over time.

Singapore Vote Seen as Its Fiercest Yet Chun Han Wong 2011

Such public shame is not possible in Chinese culture where the government cannot be held accountable if its own "news" agency wallows in the filth of single-party corruption.

Some Will Be More Equal in New Global Media Order 2011

Syria isn't formally a single-party state, but since 1972 only political parties that are part of the National Progressive Front—which is dominated by the ruling Baath party—have been permitted.

Damascus to Allow Organized Opposition 2011