Washington and Jefferson
Political Parties began for the same reason they exist today--to get their members in office in order to carry out their goals for the nation, or state, or town. The Founding Fathers disliked political parties, calling them "factions" motivated by self interest. Washington was so upset over the quarreling between Hamilton (Federalists) and Jefferson (anti-Federalists) that he devoted much of his Farewell Address to the evils of parties. The people who supported Hamilton and Adams were called Federalists (supporters of the Constitution) but they were not an organized political party. The first organized party in America was made up of the followers of Jefferson, who, starting in the 1790s, called themselves Republicans (or Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans). Hamilton and those who opposed Jefferson, kept the name Federalist. Jefferson's Republican Party has no ties to the current Republican Party. In fact, the current Democratic Party considerers Jefferson and Andrew Jackson as the founders of their party.
The first two political parties, the Democratic-Republicans (also referred to simply as the Republicans, though they have no connection to the modern Republican party) and the Federalists, emerged in the Election of 1796, the first contested US presidential election. The parties were based around the difference in philosophy between Washington's two main advisers, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.
Hamilton wanted to strengthen the national government and make the state governments subordinate to it. He proposed consolidating state debts under the national government, and the creation of a national bank. He supported policy that would industrialize America, and supported strong financial and trade ties with Britain.
Jefferson on the other hand believed that state governments should remain superior. He saw many of Hamilton's policies as leading to the kind of tyranny that the country had fought to be free of only two decades earlier. He believed that a free society would be based on family farms, not industrialized cities, and was against the centralized financial power of a national bank.
In the election of 1796, the Federalist Party ran John Adams against the Democratic-Republicans' Thomas Jefferson. Adams won with 71 electoral votes to Jefferson's 68.
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
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There were actually two first political parties. Both parties formed at basically the same time, because the first one (which is technically unknown which party came first) had ideas someone didn't like, so another person formed a second party with their ideas contradicting the first party's ideas. The first two political parties were the Republican Party and the Federalist Party.
I believe that political parties and special interest groups formed mainly to group like-ideas together and give a voice to lesser known platforms.
They influenced american politics in many ways for example, third parties have often promoted ideas that were unpopular at first. Over time some of these ideas gained popularity and became a law.
The political spectrum is a term for a range of political ideas from different parties. It is used for the majority parties. The ideas to the left are called "Liberal" and also, Democratic ideas. the ideas to the right are called "Conservative" and also, Republican ideas.
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Prevented major parties from adopting the ideas of their supporters.
They share common ideas or ways of thinking about government.
Political parties allow people to vote in representatives that represent their ideas and what they believe is right for the nation in Congress and in the Presidency.
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There were actually two first political parties. Both parties formed at basically the same time, because the first one (which is technically unknown which party came first) had ideas someone didn't like, so another person formed a second party with their ideas contradicting the first party's ideas. The first two political parties were the Republican Party and the Federalist Party.
I believe that political parties and special interest groups formed mainly to group like-ideas together and give a voice to lesser known platforms.
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