Political Parties

Political Parties
The Democratic Party

The Democratic Party
• Founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson as a
congressional assembly to fight for the Bill of
Rights and against the elitist Federalist Party.
• In 1798 it was officially named "the
Democratic-Republican Party".
• In 1800 elected Jefferson as the first
Democratic President of the United States.
History
• The election of John Adams in 1824 was
highly contested and led to a split among
the party-members.
• In 1848 the National Convention

established the Democratic National
Committee (DNC).
Ideology
• The Democratic Party's philosophy of modern liberalism
advocates social and economic equality, along with the
welfare state. It seeks to provide government intervention and
regulation in the economy. Policies such as the introduction of
social programs, support for labor unions, affordable college
tuition, universal health care, equal opportunity, consumer
protection and environmental protection form the core of the
party's economic policy.
• The party supports also reproductive rights, LGBT rights,

immigration reform, campaign finance reform, and gun
control.
Ideology
The 2000 National Platform emphasized three
key Democratic Party Ideals:
- Prosperity
- Progress
- Peace
Significant figures
Thomas Jefferson
Significant figures
Andrew Jackson
Significant figures
Woodrow Wilson
Significant figures
Franklin Roosevelt
Significant figures
Harry Truman
Significant figures
John Kennedy
Significant figures
Bill Clinton
Significant figures
Barack Obama
• Hillary Clinton
• Now, Hillary Clinton
represents the
Democratic Party of the
USA, though she lost
the presidential election
to Republican opponent
Donald Trump in the
Electoral College and, as
a consequence, the
party is not the
dominating one.
The Republican Party
• Often called the GOP (short for “Grand Old
Party”)
• Founded in 1854 as a coalition opposing the
extension of slavery into Western territories.
• The Republican Party fought to protect the
rights of African Americans after the Civil
War.
The Republican Party
History
• The first official meeting – July 6th, 1854 in Jackson,
Michigan
• 1856 – became a national party with John Fremont
nominated for president
• 1860 – Abraham Lincoln won the elections an
became the 16th US president
History
• During the Civil War, in January of 1863, Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the
slaves.
• The Republicans worked to pass the 13th Amendment,
which outlawed slavery, the 14th, that guaranteed
equal protection under the laws, and the 15th, that
helped secure voting rights of African-Americans.
• The first woman elected
to Congress was a
Republican, Jeanette
Rankin from Montana in
1917.
• She was the only
member of Congress to
vote against entering
into World War I and
World War II.
• Presidents during most of the late 19th century and
the early part of the 20th century were
Republicans. In the second half of the 20th The
White House was in Republican hands under
Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, George H.
Bush and George W. Bush
• There have been 19 Republican presidents—the
most from any one party—with the most recent
being the 45th and current president Donald Trump
Theodore Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Ronald Reagan
Donald Trump
George H. W. Bush
Ideology
• The party originally subscribed to classical
liberalism and took ideological stands that
were anti-slavery and pro-economic reform.
• The 21st century Republican Party ideology is
American conservatism, which contrasts with
the Democrats' liberal platform
• The GOP supports free market capitalism, a strong
national defense, gun rights, deregulation and
restrictions on labor unions.
• Republican tend to be more conservative. They
tend to oppose gay marriages, LGBT rights and
abortions.
• They see a problem in mass immigration
• Don’t want too much government regulation of
Health Care
• Believe that there shouldn’t be tax cut benefit for
middle class and low income families. There should
be tax cut for everyone.

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The Democratic Party

• In 1848 the National Convention

• The party supports also reproductive rights, LGBT rights,

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