President George Bush ran against Democratic Party candidate John Kerry for the position of President of the United States. Although the attack on America on 9/11 in 2001 brought about a period of increased nationalism‚ it also resulted in many political and economic problems that created tension between political parties. Economically‚ much of their disagreement was affected by the growing difference in personal financial satisfaction in America.
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The American political system is made up of primarily two parties‚ Democrats and Republicans. These parties go against each-other for many political positions‚ such as presidency. Each supports and opposes different issues. The Democratic Party supports a bigger government and believes the government should guide the people. They are known as Liberals because typically they like change. The Republican Party supports a smaller government and believes the people should guide the government. They
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their similarities and differences going into the election of 1824. One of the main points of discussion is the idea that this election had candidates all from the same party‚ the Democratic-Republican Party. Even though‚ all the candidates technically held the same fundamental beliefs‚ there were many factions inside this “one party”. Lengel then goes on to explain how in this election in particular‚ candidates were particularly underhanded and used the media to make false claims against other candidates
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Federalists and Democratic-Republicans provided the U.S. with permanent political parties due to their interpretation of the Constitution‚ which would evolve and merge the beliefs of the two as time went on. When the political parties were created‚ people they might believed weaken the unity of the U.S.‚ but they checked and balanced each other out to make sure there would be no tyrannical party ruler. As the Federalists interpreted the Constitution loosely‚ mainly using the elastic clause‚ they
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does Congress and the government. Just like Antigone and Congress‚ presidential elections can also be an issue of the law. When citizens vote for who they want to become president they will most likely vote for the president whose party is the
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THE GROWTH OF REGIONAL PARTIES IN INDIA INTRODUCTION The 1967 General Elections brought a historic shift in the trajectory of Indian politics. This year saw the end of all omnipotent Congress and announced the arrival of regional parties in the Indian political landscape. It is in this year that Dravida Munnetra Khagazam (DMK) of Tamil Nadu came to power at the state level and challenged the hegemonic dicta of Congress. It won a commanding I38 seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and 25 seats
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American Politics There are two major parties in the United States the Democrats and Republicans. Gail Russell Chaddock‚ a writer of The Christian Science Monitor‚ states‚ “Democrats favor targeted stimulus -- investments in infrastructure‚ clean energy‚ and education -- while hiking taxes on corporations and the rich to fund this jobs spending. Republicans aim to curb government regulation and cut taxes to give businesses and individuals more incentive to invest” (Par 2).Both Republicans and
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Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln‚ the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois‚ and the incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas‚ the Democratic Party candidate. At the time‚ U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures‚ in turn Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature. The debates previewed the issues that Lincoln would face in the aftermath of his victory in the 1860 presidential election. The
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Mexico and declared their independence. Jackson recognized the Texas Republic but‚ because of the slavery controversy‚ he refused its application for annexation to the United States. Jackson’s political foes soon formed themselves into the Whig party‚ but in 1836 they lost to his handpicked successor‚ Van Buren. Jackson’s ill-considered economic policies came home to roost under the unlucky Van Buren‚ as the country plunged into a serious depression following the panic of
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