In every election there are many factors that influence how a voter will cast their choice in the United States. It seems that everybody is identified with a party, and this is the most top factor in a person's voting choice Many voters would identify with two major political parties; the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. For many, they choose parties because of influences from family, friends, maybe the media, and maybe what they have learned about the candidates and their views on the issues. Then, there is me, the so called independent, who do not affiliate with any party and do not give loyalty to either of these parties. So why do I call myself an independent. Well I know why, but why do so many others as well acclaim to
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My question is, how is that we arrived to a mostly two party system. Why is it that every election they speak of reaching out to the individuals that claim to be independent, and after the election why is it that independents, or should I say I, believe that we are ostracized for our beliefs, why we believe the way we do. We can look at the history of these two parties and see what they stood for starting out and what they have become now, maybe an answer would surface. The Democrat party is the oldest party today. This was formed back in Thomas Jefferson days as the Democratic-Republican party. Myself I saw the irony of that as you have democrat and republican in the same name, like they work hand in hand, definitely not the case in today’s time. While reading the history of the Thomas Jefferson and his party, we see that he advocated for a less-powerful and a decentralized federal government. …show more content…
It had all started when the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854 was enacted, this had undone the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed states to decide by popularity if it was to be a free state or slave state. This was the undoing of the Whig party, since they were staunch supporters of anti-slavery, thus they now had to discuss forming a new party. Of course, this party went well beyond the subject of just the issue of slavery. Mainly made from the Whig party, and some Democrats, who were considered more moderate and against slavery. Also, as it was formed along the lines the standards were set from more of ethnic ties or religious groups. It was the churches at the time that provided the networking that signed up voters. With churches playing such a huge role, platforms on sin took many forms in the late 1800’s. History shows that deep lines in religion were drawn between the two parties, with Catholics, Episcopalians, and German Lutherans, siding with the Democrats and Methodists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and Scandinavian Lutherans siding with the new Republicans. Anti-slavery and these were not the only issues they ran on either, at this time in history, this new party ran on immigration as well and welcomed it vigorously, again, we see how times have changed. After the Civil War that Republicans ran on more
My question is, how is that we arrived to a mostly two party system. Why is it that every election they speak of reaching out to the individuals that claim to be independent, and after the election why is it that independents, or should I say I, believe that we are ostracized for our beliefs, why we believe the way we do. We can look at the history of these two parties and see what they stood for starting out and what they have become now, maybe an answer would surface. The Democrat party is the oldest party today. This was formed back in Thomas Jefferson days as the Democratic-Republican party. Myself I saw the irony of that as you have democrat and republican in the same name, like they work hand in hand, definitely not the case in today’s time. While reading the history of the Thomas Jefferson and his party, we see that he advocated for a less-powerful and a decentralized federal government. …show more content…
It had all started when the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854 was enacted, this had undone the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed states to decide by popularity if it was to be a free state or slave state. This was the undoing of the Whig party, since they were staunch supporters of anti-slavery, thus they now had to discuss forming a new party. Of course, this party went well beyond the subject of just the issue of slavery. Mainly made from the Whig party, and some Democrats, who were considered more moderate and against slavery. Also, as it was formed along the lines the standards were set from more of ethnic ties or religious groups. It was the churches at the time that provided the networking that signed up voters. With churches playing such a huge role, platforms on sin took many forms in the late 1800’s. History shows that deep lines in religion were drawn between the two parties, with Catholics, Episcopalians, and German Lutherans, siding with the Democrats and Methodists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and Scandinavian Lutherans siding with the new Republicans. Anti-slavery and these were not the only issues they ran on either, at this time in history, this new party ran on immigration as well and welcomed it vigorously, again, we see how times have changed. After the Civil War that Republicans ran on more