It was over two hundred years ago that the Democratic Party's founding fathers decided that a stable government must be built. In 1792 Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party, and he was the first democratic president of the United States in 1800. ... The Democratic Party became dominant in local urban politics as America came into the 20th century. ... On another note, Gordon Bishop believes that the Democratic Party today has become the "Dumbocratic Party." ... People think that the Democratic Party is morally and ethically challenged. ...

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The Democratic Party The United States" Democratic Party is a strong political party and many people support their views. The Democratic Party has many basic beliefs. ... All of the beliefs are essential to the Democratic Party. There are also many people who support the Democratic Party. ... These are just a few of many supporters of the Democratic Party. ...

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The basic structure of the two major parties in the United States, Democratic and Republican, is coalitional. ... Both the Democratic and Republican parties have the same organizational structure. ... The Democratic Party was first to organize in Texas in 1854. ... From time to time, factions developed within the Democratic Party. ... However, in recent years, many conservative Democrats have switched to the Republican side, leaving the liberals in control of the Texas Democratic Party. ...

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The political parties of the United States are the oldest in the world; among Democratic nations, they may also be the weakest. ... Although there are more than two political parties, the Democratic and Republican Parties, have dominated the political system for hundreds of years. ... During the 1820's Democratic Republican began to split in two parts. ... The party of Jackson is today's Democratic Party. ... The Whig Party had disappeared, the Know-Nothing Party had faded, and the Democratic Party was divided over the issue of slavery. ...

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Political Parties in the United States Today the United States has two major political parties: the Democratic Party, which has evolved out of Thomas Jefferson's party formed before 1792, and the Republican Party formed in the 1854 mostly by people in the states of the North and West who wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into new states being admitted to the union at that period. ... There are conservative Democrats who agree with many Republican ideas; and liberal Republicans who agree with some Democratic ideas. ... The Democratic Party The Democratic Party traditionally tend...

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Party Unity Candidate reliance on national party organizational support has been waning for a couple of decades now. ... Party unity seems to now be a thing of the past. The splintering of the party message into liberal, moderate, or conservative has essentially divided parties so much that there is almost more opposition within a party than there is with the rest of the party community. The Democratic Party being the best example, Democrats seem united in title and not much else. ... About the only thing that truly confirms party membership these days is the party listing on voter ballo...

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Over the years, America's two-party system has changed due to changes in electoral behavior and party dominance. ... One side, who where called the federalists, supported a strong central government, while the other side, who where called the Democratic-Republicans, supported a weak central government and strong state governments. ... The Federalist Party soon collapse and the Democratic - Republican Party took control, due to a majority of the nation distaste for a strong central government. ... Seeking economic reform, the nation rejected incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoove...

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And if parties are to be looked at as vehicles of ideologies, they almost become an indispensable component of democratic polity. ... Not the illiberal, undemocratic National Front in France, the Reform Party in Canada, or the Freedom Party in Austria but the open, Democratic Party. The Democratic Party needs to be reinvented. ... It is for these reasons that the future of democracy still lies with the future viability and strength of the grassroots, democratic party." says Patric Syed. ... This situation has all the potential of people losing faith in Democratic governance itself. ...

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The Republican Party would be more inclined to say that people make the choice to use guns for destructive reasons, while the Democratic Party would argue that, due to their easy availability, guns kill people. ... Therefore, I side with the Democratic Party's reasoning. ... Ever since the 1930's, the Democratic Party has had a long history of liberalism and social progression. ... Personally, I choose to side with the Democratic Party's beliefs. ... The Republican Party believes that strict regulation on guns infringes on the liberties of American citizens, while the Democrat...

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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFERS US NOTHING" (Weiss 1984: 12). ... So although blacks began to shift democratic, in 1932 they had the lowest number of defectors to the Democratic party than any other Republican group, with the Republicans retaining the large majority of the black vote in the major black districts, with the exception of New York (Weiss 1984: 29-30). ... Black Republicans were going to wait to judge Roosevelt and the Democratic Party on the success of his "New Deal" economics policy. ... The Voting Shift In 1936, the black community began its defection to the Democratic Party en mass...

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American Document Based Essay #1 Descendants of the Democratic Republican Party, during the 1820's and 1830's Jacksonian democrats had almost complete control over the federal government and were able to freely express their views. Analogous to the Democratic Republicans that preceded them such as Jefferson and Washington, Jacksonian Democrats were strict constitutionalists, and up holders of equal economic opportunity, individual liberty and political democracy. ... A hot topic since the days after the Revolution with Democratic Republicans and Federalist, the National Bank ...

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In democratic countries, political parties compete against one another in elections to keep or gain control of a government. ... Political parties are absolutely necessary to democratic government. ... Other functions of parties in democratic countries include informing voters about public affairs and about problems that need government action. ... In a democratic nation, the party or parties out of power have the duty of criticizing the policies of the party in power and offering alternative programs. ... Raising funds for election campaigns is an important activity of political parties in de...

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Once the constitution was ratified there was no longer a need for an organization which opposed it, thus the Anti-Federalists became the Democratic-Republican Party and some years later transformed simply to the Democrat Party. ... DeSart both deal with the causes of party decline. ... In addition to the change in the importance of the endorsement of candidates by political parties, laws passed which regulated campaign finance concerning political parties greatly limited the power of parties. ... The shift in power away from the political parties can further be seen in the decline of party ...

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Third Party Agendas are taken serious by the Democratic and Republican Parties and specific pieces of the Third Party Agendas are sometimes adopted by the two major parties. ... The Republican and Democratic Parties have been known to operate in similar styles and third parties give the voter the opportunity to express their discontent. ... Wallace split from the Democratic Party and ran as an Independent. ... The multi-party system is more democratic than limiting a voter to just two alternatives. ... The Republican Party or Democratic Party will lose popularity and a third party will tak...

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Though any of these parties seldom win elections the argument is made that they play an important role in giving a voice to voters tired of republican and democratic Dogma. ... These parties include, the Reform Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Natural Law Party, and the US Taxpayers Party. ... And when Ross Perot ran for President under his newly founded party's banner many people did vote for him as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican Party candidates. Many feel that this caused the republican candidate Bob Dole to loose the election the democratic candi...

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The 2004 Democratic presidential race is heating up, and the cast of characters is the gas fueling the flame. ... The press is having a field day with the current crop of contestants; the Democratic race has never been so easy to cover by journalists. ... The choice of 2004 Democratic presidential candidates is deep, and it's anyone's race. ... However, Dean has unflatteringly been compared to George McGovern who, in 1972, as an anti-war candidate, took his party by storm, won the nomination in the face of opposition by the Democratic establishment, and then went on to lose 49 st...

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Since so many African Americans are democrats, the Democratic Party could be setting themselves up for a disappointment. ... This type of campaign against one ethnic group singles them out and could be viewed as a form of prejudice, which ultimately could cause the Democratic Party to loose a lot of votes. Other problems such as the NAACP protesting and demanding apologizes, as well as the NAACP filing lawsuits against the Democratic Party could raise unwanted situations. ... If proposals such as these are to made then, the Democratic Party should analyze all ethnicities and then come up w...

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In our country, we have a two-party system. However, there are a few other parties that are popular among voters. The five most popular political parties are Democratic, Republican, Green, Reform and Libertarian. Each party falls somewhere on the political spectrum. The Democratic Party is considered to be more liberal than Republican Party and the Republican Party is considered to be more conservative than the Democratic Party. ...

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In an effort to attain social reform, the Populist Party swayed the outcome of elections and platforms in the latter 19th century. ... Like any third party, the Populist Party brought about issues too often ignored, while posing as a deciding factor in the outcome of elections. In the election of 1892, the electoral votes attained by the Populists led the democratic Cleveland to know Harrison out of office. ... They later merged into the Democratic party supporting bimetallism, yet there were still some of each side that began to feel that these "popocrats" were doing the worst for their in...

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The two major American political groups are the Republican and Democratic parties. ... The Democratic Party is the more progressive of the two American political organizations. ... A great majority, therefore, of the Democratic Party is the lower income population of the United States. ... It is the beauty of a Democratic nation. ... Two hundred years ago it was the Whig party and the Federalist Party, today it is the Republican and Democratic parties. ...

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The Republican party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic party. ... After a 40 year Democratic majority reign over the House of Representatives, Republicans have been able to gain control back. ... The Republican party deals with these particular concerns through a conservative philosophy, unlike the Democratic party which follows a more liberal philosophy. ... However, the Republican party stands by the President in this issue. ... The Grand Old Party does not differ all that much from the Democratic party, they both are for the Ameri...

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The Populists' failure to attain major party status was not based purely on co-option by the Democratic Party. ... The single-member district plurality electoral system and the enduring regional party loyalties created by the Civil War prevented early success.1From its inception, the party's anti-wealth platform and third-party status generated only a small number of donations and few prominent figures were willing to take on the Populist label.2Reform newspapers had relatively small budgets and low circulations compared to the Republican and Democratic papers.3Election boards withou...

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For instance, an African American woman has an extremely high tendency to vote democratic. ... There is a definite difference in the political party preference of men and women. Men are eight percentage points lower than women in supporting the Democratic Party. ... Many experts will say that one of the main causes of this gap is not necessarily the increase of women into the Democratic Party, but the fleeting of men from it. ... Greenberg is on who believes the flight of the white man from the Democratic Party is based on Race and the resentment towards a big government. ...

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The constitution describes the political system as a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship. ... Inner party rule decision making are based on the principle of democratic centralism. In democratic socialism, democracy mainly refers to consultation. ... They are responsible to observe the inner-party discipline of democratic centralism. ... Party core groups are appointed by the party committees in one level up. ...

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The American party system is unusual because it is a two party system. ... Today, in the United States, the two major parties at the national level are the Democratic and the Republican Parties. ... Members of this party were called Democratic-Republicans. The two parties began to compete in elections and thus, a two party American political system emerged. ... The two parties that emerged had more in common with today's Democratic party than with today's Republican party (www.edgate.com, 1). ...

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