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The political parties

  1. A political science subject. Structure of a political science
  2. Concepts of political culture
  3. Later life and political career
  4. Political culture of a society
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  6. Political ideas of the XX-th century
  7. Political Parties

There are 2 leading parties Democrat and Republican parties. The US began as a one party political system. George Washington and many others among the revolutionary leaders wanted it to stay that way. In 1787 when the Constitution was written the people were divided over whether to ratify it also they were not yet organized into definite political parties. The question of who should be the new president began to divide people into political organizations. On one side were the federalists representing business, finance and the middle class, on the other side were the republicans led by Thomas Jefferson they represented mainly the country folk from Virginia thus by 1800 the one party revolutionary government of the US quickly split up into a new party system.

Nowadays there are 2 major parties of the USA - Republican and Democratic. After elections the majority party which wins the elections controls the most powerful comities and has more seats in Congress. Typically the Democrats support spending on social welfare programs while the Republicans are against it. The Republicans are usually in favor of spending on the armed forces and believe there should be few laws restricting business. Republicans are sometimes called the GOP (Grand Old Party). They have an elephant as their symbol. People with more money, those with strong conservative religious believes and white people who live in the central and southern part of the country have tended to vote for Republicans.

Democrats - the symbol is a donkey. It has drawn much of its support from young people, low-payed workers, union members, minorities. The Democrats are usually for health care by government, they focus of diplomacy, there should be public schools for all and they are pro-choice (not against abortions).



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