Opposing Democratic and Republican Party Agendas
The United States has long functioned largely as a two-party nation with smaller and less influential secondary parties.
While the Democratic and Republican parties have existed as the two major parties for much of U.S. history — with changing perspectives and political philosophies over time — other parties or blocs have organized under the banner of the Whigs, Federalists, Free Soil, American or Know Nothings, Unionists, Libertarians, Green, Socialist Workers, People’s Party, Progressive or Bull Moose, and Youth International.
In different eras, the Democratic and Republican Parties stood along a continuum from closely resembling one another to standing wide apart. At this current snapshot in time, these two parties are situated at very different if not diametrically opposed positions on that political spectrum.
The Democratic Party, as President Joe Biden’s campaign slogans proclaimed, is to “Build Back Better” to “Restore the Soul of the Nation” after the traumatic and divisive four years under the “former guy” and his enabling sycophants.
The Republican Party, on the other hand, seems to have lost its soul as it tries to find its way while waging an…
