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Compare And Contrast Essay On Today's Two-Party System

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Today’s American pollical party system is a two-party system ran by the Democratic party and the Republican party. There are however other political parties that exist in the nation but the two main parties have won the presidential election for the last 150 plus years, however this wasn’t the case in the beginning. Our first president warned against the forming of factions or parties and witnessed the establishment of the nation’s first political parties, the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists parties. The Federalists supported a strong central government and was a supporter of a relationship with Great Britain. The Anti-Federalists opposed a stronger central government, supported states’ rights, and supported the first Constitution called

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