There was much talk in this last election about party ideologies. Did the Democrats and Republicans swap ideologies in the 1960's or early 70's? That can be answered with a resounding "NO", but it is not as simple as name calling. read more
The parties today are sharply divided along two distinct ideologies that strangely resemble the parties of the First Party System, going all the way back to around 1800; Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party (conservatives, not to be confused with Jackson's Democratic Party) and Hamilton's Federalist Party (progressives). read more
The First Political Parties. The United States in the twenty-first century is predominately a two-party system. Although more than two political parties exist, many American voters tend to side with one of the big two: the Democrats or the Republicans. read more
The UK political system, while technically a multi-party system, has functioned generally as a two-party (sometimes called a "two-and-a-half party") system; since the 1920s the two largest political parties have been the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. read more