Jeff dude, I know what point you were trying to make when you repeated the phrase “only one political party ahead of a fascist state” but at the time of the rise of the best known fascist state there were tens of parties competing (e.g. 28 parties competing in the 1930 German elections). I think the word you (and everyone else who has been repeating that phrase) want is “dictatorship”. Of course dictatorship tends to be a consequence of fascism. I prefer “Only one political party ahead of Saddam Hussein”.
OK, I’ll stop being pedantic now.