Yes, We're in the Seventh Party System
January 9, 2026
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as posted by the channelMr. Beat explains the seven eras of American political history, and yep, we're currently in the Seventh Party System.
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The American Party Systems: Stages of Political Development by William Nisbet Chalmers
The Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History by Michael Kazin, Rebecca Edwards, and Adam Rothman
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Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process by Mark D. Brewer and L. Sandy Maisel
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The Second American Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Era by Richard McCormick
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The SemiSovereign PeopleA Realist’s View of Democracy in America by Elmer Eric Schattschneider
Parties, Interest Groups, and Political Campaigns by Matthew J. Burbank, Ronald J. Hrebenar, and Robert C. Benedict
Schlesinger, Arthur Jr. (1999). The Cycles of American History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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While political scientists and historians have divided up American political history into different TYPES of eras, arguably the most popular way they have done this is by what’s called “The Party System.” The Party System refers to the different eras in American political history in which both the political beliefs and voters of the two major political parties remained fairly consistent.
The Party System gets its name due to the fact that it has political parties, or basically big teams that organize to elect people to public office that generally share the same political views.
In this video, Mr. Beat breaks down the Seven Party Systems of American political history.
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