Editing Politics (section)

=== {{Anchor|Mesopolitics}}Mesopolitics ===
[[File:Council room of the Province of Chieti - Meeting of the Brothers of Italy.jpg|thumb|Local political event organized by [[Brothers of Italy]] in the council room of the [[Province of Chieti]] in 2025]]
Mesopolitics describes the politics of intermediary structures within a political system, such as [[Political party|national political parties]] or [[Political movement|movements]].<ref name=":0" />

A political party is a [[political organization]] that typically seeks to attain and maintain political power within [[government]], usually by participating in [[political campaign]]s, educational outreach, or [[protest action]]s. Parties often espouse an expressed [[ideology]] or vision, bolstered by a written [[Party platform|platform]] with specific goals, forming a [[coalition]] among disparate interests.<ref>{{harvnb|Pettitt|2014|p=60}}.</ref>

Political parties within a particular political system together form the [[party system]], which can be either [[Multi-party system|multiparty]], [[two-party system|two-party]], [[dominant-party system|dominant-party]], or [[One-party state|one-party]], depending on the level of [[Pluralism (political theory)|pluralism]]. This is affected by characteristics of the political system, including its [[electoral system]]. According to [[Duverger's law]], [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] systems are likely to lead to two-party systems, while [[proportional representation]] systems are more likely to create a multiparty system.