A single-issue party is a political party that campaigns on only one issue. It is generally believed that single-issue parties are favoured by voluntary voting systems, as they tend to attract very committed supporters who will always vote.

A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system, or single-party system is a type of unitary state in which only one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitution.

The one-party dominant state is a system of majority rule where one political party has successively won election victories by a very large majority and is, therefore, the dominant ruling party, which does not have to form coalitions (alliances) with other smaller political parties as a result.

Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations. A person may be described as apolitical if they are not interested or involved in politics. The Collins English Dictionary defines apolitical as “politically neutral; without political attitudes, content, or bias”.

JR = Jackson Republican. L = Liberty. LO = Law and Order. LR = Liberal Republican. N = Nullifier.

Working Families Party, a US political party.

Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias toward, a political party.

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The GPUS was founded in the year 2001 as the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) split from the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA).

away from keyboard

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition of social hierarchy. Usage of the term Left became more prominent after the restoration of the French monarchy in 1815, when it was applied to the Independents.

Libertarianism is often thought of as ‘right-wing’ doctrine. This, however, is mistaken for at least two reasons. First, on social—rather than economic—issues, libertarianism tends to be ‘left-wing’.

Position in the political spectrum. Most scholars place fascism on the far right of the political spectrum. Such scholarship focuses on its social conservatism and its authoritarian means of opposing egalitarianism.

Left-wing authoritarians were found in Eastern Europe. There are certainly extremists across the political spectrum, but most psychologists now believe that authoritarianism is a predominantly right-wing phenomenon.

Definition. The right-wing authoritarianism scale measures the degree to which people defer to established authorities, show aggression toward out-groups when authorities sanction that aggression, and support traditional values endorsed by authorities.

Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.

Totalitarianism attempts to do this by asserting total control over the lives of its citizens, whereas authoritarianism prefers the blind submission of its citizens to authority. While totalitarian states tend to have a highly developed guiding ideology, authoritarian states usually do not.

Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people.

Authoritarian democracy is a form of democracy directed by a ruling elite of an authoritarian state that seeks to represent the different interests of society. Authoritarian democracy has also been called “organic democracy” by some proponents.

In human psychological development, the formation of the authoritarian personality occurs within the first years of a child’s life, strongly influenced and shaped by the parents’ personalities and the organizational structure of the child’s family; thus, parent-child relations that are “hierarchical, authoritarian, [ …

The California F-scale is a 1947 personality test, designed by Theodor W. Adorno and others to measure the authoritarian personality. The “F” stands for “fascist”. The purpose of the F-scale is to measure an antidemocratic personality structure, usually defined by authoritarianism.

Here are some suggestions for working with a conqueror type boss:

1. Don’t take anything personally.
2. Be responsible for everything you do or don’t do.
3. Let them feel in control.
4. Understand their anger probably isn’t about you.
5. Don’t react impulsively.
6. Don’t gossip about your dislike for the boss.

Else Frenkel-Brunswik

A large new study published in Nature Human Behavior, however, provides evidence for the existence of at least four personality types: average, reserved, self-centered and role model.

The term dark personalities refer to a set of socially aversive traits (such as spitefulness, greed, sadism, narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) in the subclinical range. The dark personalities have been associated with some of humanity’s greatest vices and also humanity’s key virtues.