Similarities And Similarities Of Political Parties

Much of society is categorized into groups, subcultures and/or subspecies; Politics is much the same. While many different political parties have arose throughout history and had their major moments, two common parties stand out today in the United States political system. America’s government is comprised of ideals and paradigms that date back to the Roman Empire and Ancient Greece. The leading political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, are two separate yet similar entities that run the country’s government from the inside and out. The actions each politician takes effects the very world we live in. These parties share many similarities, many differences, and because of this a polarization of parties has dominated the day to day activities of Capitol Hill and the White House.

By examining the history of each political party, one can begin to understand how each party functions and how they operate. The Democratic Party traces its roots back to after the Revolutionary War with Great Britain. The party ruled many of the early years of the newly created United States of America. It won presidency after presidency until 1824 when the party was eventually voted out. This suggests that they were an extremely powerful organization; powerful enough to create a one party system for more than thirty years. The Democratic Party is also the oldest party of the United States, beating out all of the rest of the major parties by numerous years. By the time the Civil War era came to be, the democrats were severely divided on slavery and many other subjects. The party was in favor of slavery but two factions fought over how policy should be handled. Northern and Southern democrats went their separate ways handing the 1860 presidential e...

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...he equal rival of the democrats to this day.

The fight more political dominance is still today as prevalent and intense as ever. The party would not be able to hold onto the presidency for more than a couple terms every so often. They battled the democrats for control and each party would succeed for eight years then hand over power to the opposite side for another eight or four years. Neither party could keep control like the democrats did in the early 1800’s or like the republicans did after the Civil War. As the democrats changed their political strategies and views, so did the republicans. Once the liberal party, now almost 100 years later they turn into the conservative party dealing with less government control and big business. As the second major political party in the United States, it had had quite an impact in history and there is plenty a time ahead.