History Of Political Parties

The political party is an organization of people who share similar ideas about the way the country should be governed. Political parties perform important tasks in government. First role of political parties is selecting candidates. Second role of political parties is checking the other party. Political parties also informing the public. Most importantly, they organize the government (Ushistory org). The history of U.S political parties begins with the Federalists and their opponents the Anti-Federalists who became the Democratic-Republicans. Two major political parties in the United States today, however, are Democrats and Republicans.

Of the two current major political parties, the one with oldest roots is the Democratic Party.
And it was no accident that two years later, the first Republican National Convention took place in Philadelphia, where the constitution was written. Abraham Lincoln was the first republican to be elected President. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves in rebelling states to be “Forever Free” and welcomed them to join the Union’s armed forces. But it was the entire Republican Party who freed the slaves. The 1864 Republican National Convention called for the abolition of slavery, and Congressional Republicans passed the 13th Amendment unanimously. Also, Republicans worked to pass the Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed equal protection under the laws, and the Fifteenth Amendment, which helped secure voting rights for African-Americans (GOP). In 1896, Republicans were the first major party to favor women’s suffrage, playing a leading role in securing women’s right to vote. When the 19th Amendment finally was added to the Constitution, 26 of 36 state legislatures that had voted to ratify it was it were under Republican control. During most of the late nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century, a number of Presidents were Republicans. The white house was in Republican hands under Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. and George W. Bush
First, both parties favor tax cut, but each party takes a different view on where those tax cut should be applied. Democrats are generally in favor of large government and progressive tax system in which the wealthy pay a larger share than the poor. However, republicans are generally in favor of a smaller government and there should be tax cuts for everyone.

Second, in their views toward social issue, Republican tend to be conservative and Democrats tend to be more progressive. Democrats favors abortion that a woman should always have the right to choose to have an abortion but Republicans oppose abortion. Also, Democrats tend to support the right for same –sex couples to marry while Republicans tend to oppose the right for same-sex couples to marry.

Third, when it comes down to national defense and security, these two parties have very different opinions. Democrats tend to cut the military budget while Republicans believe in a strong military and are willing to pay for it with government money. In the approach to combating terrorism, 2/3 of republicans believe that use of overwhelming force is best, while an even larger proportion of Democrats think that, although our armed forces should be used when our nation’s security is threatened, excessive use of military action tends to increase animosity against our country and breed more