Political Parties Then and Now Why two political parties? Why not just have one party that agrees with laws and Ways to work out the system of government.Political parties are organized to support the public policies the purpose of political party is to help elect officials.Political parties started developing in late 1600s.There was no organized political parties like we have now, but there was two groups that represented people with different interests. There two political parties were the patricians and the plebeians. The republicans have a different understanding and opinion than democrats the benefit of this difference is that we the people have different rights to live with.One difference between both parties is that republicans
