Two-party system
[too-pahr-tee] /ˈtuˌpɑr ti/
noun, Government.
1.
a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
two-party system
noun
1.
a condition or system in which two major parties dominate a political unit
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