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Unit7PoliticalPartiesinAmericaBipartisanshipPoliticalPartiesTheDemocraticPartyLogo:donkeyTheRepublicanPartyLogo:elephantTheDemocraticPartyTheDemocraticParty,whichistheoldestandlargestpartyintheUnitedStates,grewoutofthe“Anti-Federalists”thatappearedafter1787.Itwasfoundedin1792,ledbyagroupofplantersandcapitalistsandaconsiderablenumberofsmallfarmers.ThomasJeffersonwastheleader.TheDemocraticPartyThemoreliberalpartyIdea:-GovernmentshoulddomoreforallclassesofAmericans.-TheyfavorastrongAmericansocialsystem.-Theyfavorstrictguncontrol.-Theyopposedeathpenalty.-Theysupportgayrights.Supporters:thepoorandless-privilegedAmericansInterestingfactsabouttheDemocraticPartyThesymbolofdonkeyissaidtohavestemmedfromAndrewJackson.Hisoppositioncalledhimajackass.Insteadoftakingitasaninsult,hechosetoadoptthisasasymbol.This,inturn,becamethesymboloftheDemocraticParty.TheDemocratsholdtherecordofcontrollingboththehousesofCongressforthemostconsecutiveCongresses.TheycontrolledbothhousesofCongressfrom1955to1981.TheRepublicanPartyTheRepublicanPartywasfoundedin1854byanti-slaveryactivistsandmodernizers.Afteritsestablishment,theRepublicanPartygaineditspoliticalpowerforthefirsttimein1860,whenAbrahamLincolnwonthepresidentialelection.Atpresent,theRepublicanPartyisthesecondlargestpoliticalparty.ThemoreconservativepartyIdeology-Asmallgovernmentandfreemarket-Advocatesstrongnationaldefense-Donotsupportwelfareprograms-SomeRepublicansbelievethatabortioniswrongandgaypeoplearesinners.Supporters:bigindustrialcapitalistsandwell-to-domiddleandupperclassTheRepublicanPartySummaryOtherParties大家好!我叫XXX,哼哼(咳嗽两声）有点紧张，大家能不能掌声鼓力一下（掌声一片，达到活悦气氛的效果，加深对你的印象），谢谢大家！我喜欢XX，希望与我有共同爱好的人可以经常来切磋一下。谢谢！