Democratic-Republican Party

The Democratic political party originated back to anti-federalist factions, near the time of America’s independence from the British. Democrats are considered to be the left-leaning party. Some famous presidents that have served as Democrats are John F. Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. The Republican political party is younger of the two, and was created in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists. Republicans are considered to be the right-leaning party. Some popular presidents…

presented with the problem of reincorporating the southern states back into the Union, a process known to historians as Reconstruction. With the goal in mind of creating a Republican presence in the south based on a Free Labor ideology, the Republican Party was only moderately successful, and their eventual failure resulted in a Democratic south as well as southern traditions, such as white supremacy, being retained. Nearing Union victory, President Abraham Lincoln proposed a solution to…

The presidential election of 2000 created great controversy throughout the country regarding claims that some African Americans and other Democratic voters were not allowed to vote in Florida for various reasons. Some of these reasons included claims that the voter did not have proper identification cards, manipulating a list of former felons to exclude thousands from voting, and even different acts of intimidation. Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election focuses on the suspicious pattern…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s bombastic stance on immigration reform has his supporters excited while his opposition views his pledge to build a wall on the US-Mexico border as idle chatter to gain publicity. Most think that Trump’s pledge is just to build a wall, but it involves many other aspects of immigration reform such as; tripling the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, finning and deporting people who over stay their visas, making e-verify…

presidential election being held that year. It shows some candidates points of view about the election and the three different parties. At 1892 each state was either Republican, Democratic or Populist, and the community had to choose the one they wanted for election. But there were some states that were claimed by both parties, as the case of California, which was slightly Republican. Besides the partial division of the states, it was, at this point, clear that Grover Cleveland had high…

Republicans and Democrats The two main political parties in this day and age are the Republicans and the Democrats. Republicans and Democrats are very different; after all they do not technically get along all of the time. However, despite their many differences, every once and a while they have things that are very alike. The root of the two parties and the goal that they strive to accomplish is almost different every time. This is what seems to create the split in popularity where people…

supported the white South while doing close to nothing for the freed slaves. His favor towards the white South then radicalized ordinary white Republicans, therefore starting Radical Reconstruction. After winning most of the elections of 1866, the Radical Republicans acquired close to all control of policy in Congress. With the more moderate Republican friends, they also gained control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which meant an abundant amount of say to override any vetoes…

and 15th amendments which granted equality and the rights to vote to all citizens. The Negroes then began the formation of their own Republican party. This greatly angered the whites and caused even more hatred to arise throughout the already enraged south. In response the whites regrouped the Democrats and sought to destroy the Negroes and their newly formed party. Although the main restriction of African Americans was the ability to vote, it was not the only one. The whites also prohibited the…

"Louisiana are the most right-leaning states in the union” (Newport). The South reliably votes for Republicans and is often referred to as a Republican stronghold. In 2008, “Republican presidential candidate John McCain won Alabama by 21.6 percent” (Nypost). This highlights the regions right-leaning tendencies. The South’s population also tends be rural. While the South has become more urbanized in recent years, its inhabitants are still more likely to live in small towns. Alabama and…

org). During the 111th Congress session, both parties put forth over one hundred health care bills. Republicans voted against increasing the amount of money spent on health care. And Democrats voted for public option. There was a health care act passed by the House Democrats in November 2009 that was supposed to supply healthcare for millions of Americans and also decrease the national debt in millions by the year 2019. However, only one Republican voted for it. But, in December of 2009 the…