Democratic and Republican Parties

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Democratic and Republican Parties
Laurie Mack
Hodges University

Democratic and Republican Parties
Introduction
Political parties are one of the most poorly implicit components of American political life. Neither political scientists nor economists have enlightened sufficiently what political parties are and what they do. Generally speaking, political scientists miscalculate the consequence of political parties, while economists mischaracterize the role that they play. First opposition political party in the America was structured in 1792 as the Republican Party, its power held nationally between 1801 and 1825. It was the direct antecedent of the present Democratic Party. Thomas Jefferson establishes the Democratic Party in 1792 as a congressional caucus to fight for the Bill of Rights and against the elitist Federalist Party. The party which called “party of the common man" made government in 1798. Party officially named the Democratic-Republican Party, was elected Jefferson as the first Democratic President of the America (Peter, 2005).

Discussion
The Republicans face a very different problem. Internally, they are dominated by a strong coalition of business interests, nationalists, militarists, and religious radicals. Their public face is generally congruent with their internal coalition, so they have no problem of voter confidence. Instead, the Republicans have a problem of popularity: they only have strong voter support in the South, and then only among the white dominated group registered voters. Outside of the South, they can only win elections in conservative backwaters, by whipping up fear, or when frustrated Democrats hand them a victory out of spite, inaction, or incompetence, as in the recent Massachusetts election. It is also difficult for me to see how the Republicans can last as a national party. Sooner or later a strong opposition will emerge; either a reformed Democratic Party, or an... [continues]

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