Political Parties

By annierobertson

  • Anti-Federalists

    Anti-Federalists
    They favored strong state governments, a weak central government, the direct election of government officials.

  • Federalists

    Federalists
    They favored weaker state governments, strong centralized government.

  • Democratic-Republicans

    Democratic-Republicans
    This political party prefers strict interpretation of the Constitution and emphasizes state rights.

  • Modern Democrats

    Modern Democrats
    The Democratic-Republicans splintered during the 1824 presidential election. The majority faction of the Democratic-Republicans eventually coalesced into the modern Democratic Party.

  • Jacksonian Democrats

    Jacksonian Democrats
    This movement had greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.

  • Roosevelt Democrats

    Roosevelt Democrats
    The New Deal coalition was an American political coalition that supported the Democratic Party beginning in 1932.

  • Modern Republicans

    Modern Republicans
    The party's fiscal conservatism includes support for lower taxes, free market capitalism, deregulation of corporations, and restrictions on labor unions.

  • The Party of Lincoln(Republicans)

    The Party of Lincoln(Republicans)
    Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into American territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act