A report on Political parties in the United States
American electoral politics have been dominated by two major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic.
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Democratic Party (United States)
8 linksThe Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
United States Electoral College
7 linksGroup of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of appointing the president and vice president.
Group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of appointing the president and vice president.
The custom of allowing recognized political parties to select a slate of prospective electors developed early.
Democratic-Republican Party
6 linksThe Democratic-Republican Party, also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party and known at the time as the Republican Party and occasional other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s that championed republicanism, agrarianism, political equality, and expansionism.
Whig Party (United States)
6 linksPolitical party that espoused traditionalist conservatism in the United States during the middle of the 19th century.
Political party that espoused traditionalist conservatism in the United States during the middle of the 19th century.
Alongside the slightly larger Democratic Party, it was one of the two major parties in the United States between the late 1830s and the early 1850s as part of the Second Party System.
Federalist Party
4 linksThe Federalist Party was a traditionalist conservative party that was the first political party in the United States.
National Republican Party
4 linksThe National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States that evolved from a faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election.
History of the Republican Party (United States)
2 linksOne of the two major political parties in the United States.
One of the two major political parties in the United States.
It is the second-oldest extant political party in the United States after its rival, the Democratic Party.
Republican Party (United States)
3 linksThe Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
United States presidential election
2 linksIndirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College.
Indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College.
The nomination process, consisting of the primary elections and caucuses and the nominating conventions, was not specified in the Constitution, but was developed over time by the states and political parties.
Libertarian Party (United States)
1 linksThe Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government.