Partisan Political Analysis

In the following essay I will be talking about the disadvantages and advantages of partisan elections for state politics. I will also examine the last couple year's election results and costs. Finally, I will discuss if partisanship made a difference in the vote, as well as if a judge should be decided by partisan vote. In the next couple paragraphs I will talk more specifically about these topics.

There have been many controversies since the United States declared independence in 1776. One of the many domestic issues that divided American citizens was developing the First National Bank in the late 1700s. Hamilton was in favor, while Jefferson opposed and American citizens chose their side based on what they believed what was best for the country. Hamilton proposed a Report on a National Bank in December of 1790 announcing what the National Bank would include. Hamilton’s proposal included, “The bank’s stock would be worth $10,000,000. 20,000 shares would be sold privately at $400 per share ... 5,000 shares or $2,000,000 of bank stock would be bought by the U.S. government. The bank would be run by a 25-man board of directors - 20 chosen by the shareholders and 5 by the government. The bank’s president would be elected by the board of directors. Notes and bills (money) issued by the bank would be redeemable on demand ... and would be accepted by the U.S. government for all payments due. The bank’s charter would run for 20 years and would be subject to renewal by Congress. The bank would be allowed to establish branch offices in other cities; its main branch would be in Philadelphia, the nation’s capital” (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit3_ 4.pdf). Although the first part of the bank bill, establishing a national mint, did pass with ease, supporters and opposers debated the rest of the bill, which included the development of

The Federalists and Republicans had contrasting outlook on how the young nation’s government should function. Alexandra Hamilton’s Federalists were an advocate for a strong and centralize role of the government. Federalist’s vision for a stronger government who had the power to tax, make treaties, control exports/imports, and declare war. They believed the “elites” should rule over the masses because these individuals would most likely hold elective positions in government. As for Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson, featured a lesser role of the federal government and favored a strong state government. Republicans believed the states should hold more power to protect the subordinate farmer form the business capitalist. Also Jeffersonian Republicans yearned for a strict interpretation of the Constitution, while Federalists opted for a loose interpretation. This meant Republicans concluded the federal government can only operate under the powers expressed by the

He proposed that the federal government should establish a national bank that was modeled after England’s national bank. Many opposed this idea because they had just ended a war with England and did not want to have anything resembling Britain. Hamilton faced many obstacles while trying to create the Bank of the United States such as other political leaders, funding, and the constitution. The Republican party explained how it was unconstitutional for the federalist to create the national bank. Republicans claimed the bank would have too much power and would go against the implied powers from the constitution.

The Democratic-Republicans name was later shortened and they then became known as the Republican party. Jefferson and the Republican party feared the ratification of the new constitution, because it would put the most authority into the federal government, and would pose a threat to individual and state autonomy. Republicans believed that the federal government should not be able to infringe on the rights of the states and individuals, and because of this they demanded for the addition of a Bill of Rights to the constitution. This Bill of Rights would protect both state and individual’s rights, securing them so that they could not be revoked by the federal government. Additionally, Jefferson and the Republicans were opposed to the creation of national banks, claiming them unconstitutional. Republicans opposed the tariffs wanted by the Federalists, and Jefferson alleged that they were a violation of state’s rights. The Republicans were also westward expansionists; they believed in furthering the geographical growth of the country in order to increase areas for farmers, and to integrate western Indians into the

After the War of 1812 the government had realized that it needed a national bank to regulate currency and the insurance of Government Bonds. A good majority of the public was against the ideal of a bank of the United states because it had limited them in their rights of buying land and to pay off debts. When

The reading on macropartisantish this week lead us to a simple conclusion and that is what is a good measure of partisanship. Measuring artisanship seem to be primordial to study that phenomenon. The first step in that study might be the conceptualization. The fight different between Mackuen, et al and Abramson and Ostrom was mainly about the source of the data. Asking question about someone partisanship or the party he usually affiliate himself to are 2 different things. Asking the first question might lead to bugger shift in partisanship in their result because people might change their affiliation based on current events or the economic performance of an incumbent candidate. To know if economic performance can lead to a change in macro partisanship

The Federalists and the Republicans had been disputing for a while. One of the disputes was over The Federal Government. Federalists favored a strong national government that would rule the citizenry directly rather than through the states and preferred a loose interpretation of the Constitution in order to manipulate things to go their way. Federalists were Pro-British. Republicans feared a strong national government would return the country to monarchy and trample on individual liberty, which is something they had fought towards for years. They believed in states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. Republicans were generally Pro-French.

I really enjoyed reading your post because it clarifies what I stated in mine. As you said above, the Republicans are more towards the whole, rather than the Democrats that are toward to the each one of us. I kind of see the slight difference between the two parties but what also surprised me is that they have a lot of similarities, in which sometimes it feels like that they believe in the same thing.

In an article by the Washington Post, Gary Johnson, former 2016 presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, has announced that he will not be pursuing another presidential run in 2020. Johnson’s reasoning behind his decision is a result of the growing turmoil currently spreading throughout Washington politics. Johnson specifically blamed the turmoil on President Trump himself. In addition, the article explains that even though Johnson was unsuccessful in the road to the White House, he was arguably one of the most successful candidates in the history of the Libertarian Party. Likewise, Johnson had broke several barriers that casted greater light on the idea of voting for a third party candidate, rather than the candidates of the two mainstream parties. Also, Johnson who was former Republican Governor of New Mexico, explained his agreeance with Arizona’s Senator Jeff Flake in regards to Flakes predictions about the soon to be end of the Republican Party. Finally, Johnson explained that even though he does not support the actions of President Trump, he

In the past, the Democratic and Republican parties did not share the same views of how power should be split between national government and states. Democratic party supported state rights while Republican party thought that state rights limited the United States to become a strong nation. Today, the view of state rights has switched its position between the two parties in which the Democracy wants to be more control in the states’ rights while the Republican party is opposed. For instance, the

The 2016 Presidential Election is one of the most interesting elections ever. The Republican Party, also known as the GOP is only one of the two major political parties. The other party is the Democratic Party.

The election and how government officials are elected is vital to the United States’ identity as a Democratic Republic. To fully understand whether the election is fair to the average American citizen, these four things need to be looked at and understood; the Democratic and Republican platforms and who the reader agrees with, the procedure and requirements for getting on the ballot to be elected into the House of Representatives, the many different parties of the United States, and the requirements and procedures for running for president. After each of these questions are acknowledged, it can be easily inferred that the current election system that is in place, is fair to American citizens.

There are two groups that are causing the political divide. One being the conservatives and the other being the liberals. The conservatives believe in people taking personal responsibility, limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and strong national defense with American values. Conservatives think that government should only provide freedom for people necessary to pursue to the persons' goal. The policies of government usually tend to emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems.

The Political Spectrum consists of four quadrants: Authoritarian Right, Authoritarian Left, Libertarian Left, and Libertarian Right. The "x" axis of this graph represents economics with a left-right scale. The "y" axis depicts the social scale ranging from libertarian to authoritarian. I have been plotted at -3.88 (economic left/right), -3.54 (social libertarian/authoritarian) in the libertarian left quadrant.