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Why Dose a Two-party System Persist in America
Why Dose a Two-party System Persist in America
In the United States there are two major political parties, the Democratic and the Republican. The Democratic Party is older than the other, tracing back to the time of Andrew Jackson in the 1820s. The Republican Part was organized in the 1850s primarily as an antislavery part followed the Federalist Party and the Wings.
From 1860 to the present day there have been many attempts to found new parties, however failed. Among third parties, the Populists in the 1880s,the Bull Moose Progressives of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, and the later Progressives of Robert La Follette in 1924 have been able to collect impressive vote totals. But whenever a third party has had considerable...
Why Dose a Two-party System Persist in America
In the United States there are two major political parties, the Democratic and the Republican. The Democratic Party is older than the other, tracing back to the time of Andrew Jackson in the 1820s. The Republican Part was organized in the 1850s primarily as an antislavery part followed the Federalist Party and the Wings.
From 1860 to the present day there have been many attempts to found new parties, however failed. Among third parties, the Populists in the 1880s,the Bull Moose Progressives of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, and the later Progressives of Robert La Follette in 1924 have been able to collect impressive vote totals. But whenever a third party has had considerable...
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