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American Goverment

The Democratic Party began its history as The Party of the Common Man ' founded by Thomas Jefferson in opposition to the Federalist Party which he and his supporters considered elitist . Established in 1792 , the party first bore a semblance of its current name when it was dubbed the Democratic-Republican Party in 1798 . Under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson , the party was able to garner its first victory at the polls in 1800 , when Jefferson became the first Democratic president of the United States (Democratic Party . This was followed by several decades in

which the Democratic-Republican Party held the presidency , and its status grew and strengthened especially under the leadership of Andrew Jackson

During the era of turmoil in which slavery was in question and subsequently became abolished , the Republican Party began its evolution Disgruntled persons from the earlier Federalist (Whig ) Party made up the core members of this party (along with some Democrats and Soilers , and its major tenets included increased power for the states and reduction of the level of central (Federal ) power . A major player in the formation of the Republican Party , Alan Bovay , is credited with the naming of the Party , and its 1856 slogan of Free Soil , Free Labor , Free Speech Freemont ' was followed four years later by victory for the presidency led by Abraham Lincoln (Republican Philadelphia

Current ideas about the difference between the Republican and Democratic Parties respectively define the one as Conservative and the other Liberal . Prevailing conceptions promote the idea that Republicans...

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