The United States Democratic Party History
The United States Democratic Party History
The Democratic Party is one of the oldest and biggest party in the United States. The other one is the Republican Party. Every four years the party holds a National Convention where they pick one from their party to be the next candidate for the presidency. The last Convention took place in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012 where Barack Obama was nominated for President and Joe Biden was nominated for Vice President, and as we all know that turned out well Obama won and he became the 15th Democrat to take office, the Democratic Party currently holds a minority of seats in the House of Representatives and a majority of seats in the Senate, as well as a minority of state governorships and control of a minority of state legislatures. All tough it is one of the oldest political parties in the world, many historians agree on that they became a party with the Democratic-Republican Party created by Thomas Jefferson in the 1790s. At first Jefferson called the party the Republican Party because he wanted the US to be a republic instead of direct democracy. The name of the party was changed to Democratic-Republican in 1798. In 1828 when Andrew Jackson (who by the way was the first democratic president) was elected, he had the support of many different kind of people, because he was a new kind of politician, he got the support of poor people and people who worked in the country, rather than just the rich people in the city. He changed the party's name to the Democratic Party, because he believed in democracy. He is called the first President of the United States from the modern Democratic Party. During the civil war in America where slavery was one of the main issues, some members of the party supported the south who wanted to keep the slaves, but many others from the party did not. At this point of time the party was divided and this contributed to a series of bad elections after the war was over. After the Civil War, the
The Democratic Party is one of the oldest and biggest party in the United States. The other one is the Republican Party. Every four years the party holds a National Convention where they pick one from their party to be the next candidate for the presidency. The last Convention took place in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012 where Barack Obama was nominated for President and Joe Biden was nominated for Vice President, and as we all know that turned out well Obama won and he became the 15th Democrat to take office, the Democratic Party currently holds a minority of seats in the House of Representatives and a majority of seats in the Senate, as well as a minority of state governorships and control of a minority of state legislatures. All tough it is one of the oldest political parties in the world, many historians agree on that they became a party with the Democratic-Republican Party created by Thomas Jefferson in the 1790s. At first Jefferson called the party the Republican Party because he wanted the US to be a republic instead of direct democracy. The name of the party was changed to Democratic-Republican in 1798. In 1828 when Andrew Jackson (who by the way was the first democratic president) was elected, he had the support of many different kind of people, because he was a new kind of politician, he got the support of poor people and people who worked in the country, rather than just the rich people in the city. He changed the party's name to the Democratic Party, because he believed in democracy. He is called the first President of the United States from the modern Democratic Party. During the civil war in America where slavery was one of the main issues, some members of the party supported the south who wanted to keep the slaves, but many others from the party did not. At this point of time the party was divided and this contributed to a series of bad elections after the war was over. After the Civil War, the