Republican Party

In the 1800’s Texas was known to historically be a democratic state and voted accordingly. As time went on in the late 1900’s the state of Texas shifted from a democratic state to a mainly republican state. Reasons for this shift in political state view in due to a few different factors. One of them being a change in the economy, which caused a residential move and a change in the way people thought about things. Some people think that Texas is going to switch back to a democratically voting…

Amendment so that federal tax payer’s funds would pay for abortions on demand, particularly for low-income women who use Medicaid. The democratic party has stated its support for Planned Parenthood countless of times. They believe that choosing to have an abortion is and will always be a woman’s right, not the governments decision. The democratic party believes that keeping Planned Parenthood will have multiple benefits for women. Sustaining and financing planned parenthood decreases the risk…

Compounding the problem of voter fatigue that results from frequent elections for a dizzying number of offices is the historical dominance in Texas of only one or two political parties at any one time. For more than a century after the Civil War the Democratic Party dominated Texas politics, so much so that it was practically a necessity to be a Democrat to hold public office (Texas, 2017). Democrats held a lock on state politics and government throughout the first half of the twentieth century,…

began arising along the Nile River, with certain cities/city-states controlling importation of domesticated animals, and as a result, the economy. Opposing views will likely never change. For a number of reasons, Republicans and Democrats will never consolidate into one Centralist Party- lack of tradition, pride, and competitiveness would be the outcome if consolidated. In 1858, U.S. Senate candidate, Abraham Lincoln, delivered one of the most memorable and recognizable speeches in United…

of America when people talk about politics only two major parties come to mind, the republicans or the democrats. People usually think that if one does not like taxes, then they tend to associate with the Republicans, if they want more social programs they associate themselves with the Democrats. One fact that people always seem to forget is that the United States of America is not a two party state and that there are several other parties out there with which the people can associate themselves…

Political Parties Developed Political parties are organization of people which seek to achieve goals that can help certain people in a particular region. Political parties are developed because of the expansion of the United States. With more people with new ideas and political belief, people can now state their own opinion and can give the people a chance to be heard fairly and equally. Political parties has been around since the early and mid-1700s. Being one of the first political…

Free-Soil Party was a brief political party active from 1848 to 1855. Antislavery forces such as the Whig Party, the Liberty Party, and the Barnburners, who were strongly opposed to slavery, formed it in 1848. It was founded in and received its power from Buffalo, New York. Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories acquired from Mexico. In August 1848, Conscience Whigs and other abolitionists along with seventeen northern states formed the Free-Soil…

Civil Rights The main goal of the party is to eliminate discrimination of any form, “including discrimination based on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, language, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.” Education The Democratic Party plans to extend financial aid programs and make community colleges free. Similar to Republicans, they understand that the situation with the student loans requires an immediate attention. Energy Independence Same as Democrats:…

has favored a competitive two-party system. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists created an intense division in American politics, which eventually developed into the modern Republican versus Democrat government of today. Despite citizen's unwavering devotion to the two-party system, minor political parties, based on strongly supported ideological convictions, have emerged, attempting to compete against the major political parties and expand their role…

the Federalist party crumbled leaving the Democratic-Republican party to be the only party during the “Era of Good Feelings.” The Compromise of 1820 disturbed the political peace splitting the National Republican party into two new parties. The division resulted in the birth of the Whig and Democratic parties that dominated the United States’ political landscape. Each party would attract supporters due to their belief systems and leaders; however the ends of the Democratic party would far…