While Jackson was a hero of the people‚ having routed the British at the Battle of New Orleans and having clawed his way from poverty to wealth‚ he was elected primarily because his followers believed he stood for certain ideals. The Jacksonian Democrats were self-styled guardians of the United States Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity. As a strict constitutional constructionist‚ Jackson indeed guarded what he considered the spirit of the
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The first semblance of political parties in the United States formed over the ratification of the Constitution‚ and two opposing groups were immediately created: the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. Even though the Democratic-Republicans would hold office in the White-House for more than half of the United States first thirty-six years as a nation‚ it is the Federalists that had a significantly greater effect on the formation of the United States. Their ratification of the Constitution
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party benefits more from the act? In the long run‚ Democrats benefit from the Affordable Care Act‚ not Republicans. This is because; Republicans are typically business owners and therefore would not benefit from Obamacare. Another reason that Democrats would benefit more is; Democratic incumbents are more likely to get reelected for their office. Also‚ the Affordable Care Act provides another step towards a single payer system that most Democrats desire. According to an online survey conducted by
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Republican Platform 2013 Let me start by saying the object of the Republicans in 2013 is reform‚ or a reform of a reform. We are aiming to right what we believe are the wrongs of the Democrats and fix things in dire need of repair/revamping. We will start with the subject of job creation. With the uncertainty of the unemployment rate‚ we should focus on job creation. To promote job creation in our present day economy‚ we plan to make serious cuts in government spending. This will help
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Ted Pineau United States History to 1877 SS2500 OA Spring 2014 April 13‚ 2014 Republican Party Platform of 1856 The Republican Party founded in 1856 was an important political platform in American history. This party emerged from the collapse of the Whig party‚ taking dome of its economic development policies.1 It merged diverse factions into a new political movement that would dominate American politics for the next seventy-six years‚ winning fourteen of the next nineteen Presidential elections
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The Republican Party Background The Republican party was originally formed from the Whig Party Wisconsin on March 20‚ 1854. It was a party that was created to help free slaves in the western areas in 1834. The reason why the Whig Party was formed into the Republican party was because the Whigs were disintegrated from “an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republican-party-founded
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voting phenomenon‚ as Mr. Frank sees it‚ of those in America’s heartland voting for the Republican Party when it is not in their best interests to do so. He gives a variety of examples all dealing with the lack of correlation between the working class majority that is in the Midwest and the legislative and governmental effects of the Republican Party. He states that through the cultural backlash movement‚ the Republican Party has managed to garner strong support from the working class while not actually
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(“Birth Control”). The usage of such contraceptives became controversial and a main topic when it came to political races. The Democratic and Republican opposing viewpoints on modern birth control affect the country and the medical choices people make depending on its availability and distribution‚ parental consent‚ and sexuality education classes. In the Republican Party‚ birth control is viewed as an unnecessary device with many possible repercussions that do not need to be present in everyday life
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counterparts‚ the Democrats. Regarding social reform‚ the Whigs tended to be more open to new ideas‚ including those of the Second Great Awakening‚ and multiple women’s rights movements (including Seneca Falls). The Whigs however were mostly anti- slavery‚ but a little pro- slavery‚ while the Democrats were mostly the same‚ but divided by geographic region. Most Democrats were in support of slavery‚ specifically those who lived in the South‚ while some in the north were not. The Democrats were also more
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With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison? Prior to 1800s‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are characterized as strict constructionists who believed that the authority of national government rest on what is specified on the Constitution
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