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    Banjade 7 Pratiksha Banjade Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2306-71003 2nd October,2017. Democratic or Republican? I have been in Texas from ten months for pursuing my further education. The place where I am currently dwelling i.e. 3225 West Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, Texas is numbered as district 16. 1 As per the research, I found that Don Huffines represents district 16 in the Texas senate. It is full of diverse population providing several opportunities to its citizens. 2 Around 846,307 people

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    According to his enemies, Andrew Jackson behaved more like a dictator/king than a democratic president. Jackson and his followers became the basis of the Democratic-Republican party, later known as the Democratic party. He believed in the spoils system, supported the common man, and equality for all people regardless of their social class. Although he had such positive features, he had some negatives as well. Jackson removed Native Americans from their homeland by signing the Indian Removal Act of

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    which is corporatism. Corporatism is the control of the state organization by large interest groups. Having this interest makes it difficult to fully support the Republican Party, but not as difficult as the Democratic Party. With the Republican party being opposed to abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia, and the HHS mandate, Catholics, in this modern era, have been moving their support to the Republican Party as opposed to the Democratic Party. Many Catholics, who don’t want to choose a specific

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    Democrats, Whigs, and political independents who opposed the expansion of Slavery into new U.S. territories and states. What began as a single-issue, independent party became a major political force in the United States. Six years after the new party was formed, Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln won the U.S. presidential election. The Republican Party and its counterpart, the Democratic Party, became the mainstays of the nation's de facto two-party system.” As stated in the free dictionary’s definition

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    The Republican Platform

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    In unison, both Democratic and Republican Party’s discuss the need to reinstate the Glass-Stegall banking reform of 1931, which separated the commercial and investment banking industries. Texan, either Democrats or Republicans can be united under what is considered The American and Texan Creed. This is the Political values that united us in the state. There are various elements that make up our values, equality, freedom, consent of

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    the United States granting women the right to vote. Over that time women have gone out and exercised their right to vote, since so many fought for this privilege. However, in this current day are women still motivate and women are still an easy group to mobilize? Logically the answer would be yes since hundreds of suffragettes fought for this fundamental right, but in the most recent presidential election about only 55.6% of all Americans exercised their right to vote. In the United States gender influences

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    their candidate running and hopefully being elected to public office. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828 and is known for their support

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    The Democratic Party

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    The Democratic Party was formed in 1792. Its name was adopted in the 1830s during Jackson’s presidency. It is the “world’s oldest existing political party” (Democratic Party). The Northern and Southern Democrats had issues dealing with slavery, which caused them to split in 1860. According to the “Democratic Party”, the Southern Democrats wanted to protect “slavery in all the territories while many Northern Democrats resisted.” The party was also known as the "white man 's party" and demonized the

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    that the ideologies of the major parties seemed to have flip throughout the mid 20th century, more specifically between 1932 and 1968. These shifts are attributed to mainly to the New Deal Democrats, as well as the demise of the solid south of the Democratic party. It is entirely correct that geographically, the parties have done a 180 degree flip since they were established as the prominent parties in the early 1800’s. However, John Gerring makes the argument in, “Party Ideologies 1828-1996”, that

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    Did the Election of 1828 Represent a Democratic Revolt of the People? Despite the outcome I fully believe that the election of 1828 did in fact, create a democratic revolt of the people because of the social and political backlash that the election created. The election of Andrew Jackson as President in 1828 marked the beginning of an era known as Jacksonian Democracy or the Age of the Common Man. The changes in politics during Jackson's presidency provided various social and economic changes

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