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    that occurred between the Old Left New Left and Old Right New Right. The Democratic Party and Republican Party were once a single group of people fighting to deal with the same issues. Over time more issues arose causing a divide to occur and the creation of two separate parties were created. The Democratic Party dominated American politics between 1828 and 1860 and once again during 1932 and 2000. During the time of the Democratic Party the views of the party changed from president to president

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    States of America is known to have two major political parties. The Republican party and the democratic one. Both parties are based on views and principles being completely opposites of each other. The Republican party is known to be a conservative party, while the democratic party is known to be liberal. Two concepts that are opposites to each other. The democratic party will most certainly convince the majority of the people that it is the ideal party to remain in office because it promotes economic

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    beginning of political parties with the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, there has always been a clear division in political viewpoints. Now, the predominant opposing parties are the Republican and Democratic parties. Both parties have dominated the political scene for over 150 years with an unrelenting desire to gain more power in government and have their political beliefs addressed in legislation. Although currently the Democratic Party has a liberal platform and the Republican Party has a conservative

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    “The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by a group of renegade 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

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    am I a democrat? What is the difference? Liberal or conservative? Exactly what does that mean? When an individual considers themselves a liberal they are open to new ideas or behaviors and opinions. The individual is willing to overlook traditional values and would most likely classify themselves as a supporter of the democratic party. While a conservative is someone who clings onto traditional attitudes and values as well as approaches change cautiously.

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    The second part of reforming the Republican Party involves enacting stricter gun regulations to decrease the amount of gun violence in the United States. The official policy from the Republican platform believes that all law-abiding citizens should have the right to own guns (2016 Republican Party Platform). However, recent mass shootings in California and Texas has called into question on whether the regulations that are in place are enough, or if there should be tougher background checks and restrictions

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    Texas Reflection Paper

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    Reflection Paper Texas has been a one-party state for nearly a century. Despite substantial changes in many areas throughout history, Texas’ political culture is one area that has remained rather steady. Looking back as far as the post-civil war, until the late 1970’s Texas was considered a majority Democratic state. After a century of post-reconstruction, the Democratic Party were the victors of electoral dominance in all levels of state government and in Texas’ representation in the national government

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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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    The two political party system started when George Washington was the only president without a party. It wasn’t until the election of 1796 that two political parties were used to help the people choose which side they would take and determine who they would vote for. Back in those times, two parties were called the Federalist and the Democratic-Republican. The Federalist were considered themselves to be “friends of order”. And the Democratic-Republican were referred to as Republicans. Vice President

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    Assignment Judy Potts Research parties in the United States and share information from at least three parties. I will be discussing the Republican, Democrat and the Tea parties. Republican Party: The Republican party is known as one of the two primary parties, the other being the Democratic Party.The Republican party became associated with the Laissez-faire capitalism, to lower taxes and conservative social groups in the 20th and 21st century.In the 1870’s the party had acquired the acronym GOP,

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