America has always believed on a two party system. It started off as Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. As time progressed, the party’s names did too. The Democratic- Republicans shifted into the modern day Democrats, and the Federalists shifted into the Republicans. Both parties have one main goal at the end of the day, and that goal is to make America the best nation they can be. Both have good intentions, they just believe in different ways. Overall though, the nation’s parties have many similarities and many differences. To start off with, one the biggest similarities that can be noticed between the two parties is the goal. The gold at the end of a rainbow is what both parties are searching for, but they both go about following the rainbow in different ways. Both the Republicans and Democrats want America to thrive. For example, the first few lines of the Republican Party Platform quote, “We believe in American exceptionalism. We believe the United States of America is unlike any other nation on earth. We believe America is exceptional because of our historic role — first as refuge, then as defender, …show more content…
The Democratic Party believes in a stronger national government. The Democratic Party believes in a stronger national government. If the Democrat’s principles were summarized in one word, it would be “equality”. In their platform preamble, it is evident that the Democrat’s main goal is equality from this one sentence: “But too many Americans have been left out and left behind.” This shows how serious they take equality. Many Democrats are minorities. Republicans on the other hand are a little different. One word that could summarize their platform could be “independence” or “liberty”. Republicans believe less national involvement from the government. They believe in a free market. Most Republicans are of the majority, and of the wealthier side of the