Rivalry
Colonial and imperialistic ambitions was a major contributor of rivalry and hostility that beheld western Europe in the decades before ww1. Each of the nations was seeking to out do each in strategic colonies such as Egypt, east africa,India and some provinces in Europe such as Alasce and Lorraine.
Answer:
No, they don't.
Explanation:
Political parties generally only focused on maintaining total votes to hold or improve their position. Influencing policies are most commonly done by Political Action Committee (PAC).
PAC is a group that commonly consist of people from the private sectors. (such as activists, business representative, etc). PAC usually funded several political candidates in order to influence the creation of a certain policy. The policies supported by PAC generally only benefited the members of the PAC rather than the citizens as a whole.
