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    Political Parties are defined as groups of people who organize to win elections, determine policy, and operate the government. Political parties often possess the power to impact the voting toll of many presidential elections. The first two major political parties were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists who argued about whether the Constitution should be or should not be ratified. Although there have been other third political parties, they did not have a lasting stance history. Today the…

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    As seen throughout todays politics, political parties and interest groups both play expansive roles in all levels of government. Such similarities between political parties and interest groups are that both form organized groups of people in order to achieve a certain task and goal in the government and be able to effectively promote, and raise money for these goals. However, while both political parties and interest groups strive for closely related goals and have some similarities, the amount…

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    views on how to interpret it, two political parties were eventually formed: The federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. The main reason for the rise of political parties during the 1790s was because each of the parties favored different political and economical reforms needed as a new, developing country. Alexander Hamilton led the Federalists and they favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution, while Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican Party favored strict interpretation.…

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    Political parties as an influence in society is certainly a unique hypothesis. Last year’s presidential election certainly had a pretentious effect on society. I agree with your neither political parties speak for the common American. However, many people voted for Trump not for the man but for the failed policies of the previous administration, an unbalanced federal budget adding $6 trillion to the national debt, Supreme Court Christian friendly nominee, illegal immigration, or a dozen more…

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    Political parties are of eminent importance in guiding the activity of modern liberal democracies and they simultaneously act to support and to subvert the principles that envelop democracy. The organisation of the masses into cohesive entities where political power can be aggregated is one of the most important functions carried out by political parties as it feasibly allows the average member of the populace to participate in the democratic political process. Accountability of the ruling…

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    The first two political parties were the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalist. They were opposites. Federalist wanted a national bank, allies with Britain, and wealthy people in government. On the other hand, The Democratic-Republicans wanted state banks, allies with France, and common people in government.The Federalist wanted a strong central or federal government while the Democratic-Republicans wanted strong state governments. The Federalist were lead by Alexander Hamilton and the…

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    In every election each party would nominate their best bet for president so there would only be a two party ruling but in the election of 1824, the republicans nominated William Crawford and the other three that were running were endorsed by irregular mass meeting throughout the country, and amongst them were John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay. In the first vote Jackson received more popular and electoral votes than the other candidates but not the majority, due to what happened…

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    Therefore, a big number of political analysts predicted a persistent increasing dramatic change in the US political system, which would affect the US political system in the long run in the future, due to the fact that the size of the democratic victory and the last of the Republican’s unpopularity extended during the late Bush era. Two years later as predicted, the America’s most vibrant political force seldom seen occurred , calling it self the Tea Party Movement. The Tea Party in United…

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    the military at the age of twenty, and that is when I began to see the differences between the political parties. When I was twenty-five, I took an American Government class with a professor who taught without political biases and stereotyping. I learned a lot about my own beliefs about taxes, gun control, entitlements, and abortion. I also learned about the differences between the major political parties and began paying close attention to our elected officials.…

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    In devising the Constitution for the new government, the founders were too confident that the political parties would play no formal role in the government. Thus, they wrote no word in the Constitution regarding the political parties. For the initial eight years of the America’s presence, George Washington, the first America’s President, had brought a unifying and harmony vicinity in the country. In a few years after 1789, still, he was able to practice the unbiased leadership on the new…

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