They shrink it. Republicans want individual freedom and less government control.
The Federalists wanted a strong central government whereas the Republicans feared a strong central government.
Republicans
Republicans
the government is crowded and mostly republicans
keep it small
Republicans first had control of the Federal Government in 1860 with the election of the first Republican President; Abraham Lincoln. (www.PatriotMusic.com)
a bad government is run by republicans
strong state government
Weak.
who supported participatory state government in history, was it the republicans
The Federalists viewed the people as lesser than them and the people should not run the government. The Republicans viewed the people greatly like they should run the government.
Jeffersonian Republicans believed that a large central government restricted the freedom on the individual? APEX-true