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Parties and Eras
Evolution of political parties
Explain how liberal values such as property rights and minimal government influenced the historical debates and conflicts between the Federalists and Anti-federalists, the Civil War Era Republicans and Democrats, and the current Republicans and Democrats.
Parties and Eras
Liberalism is a political doctrine that looks at the enhancement and protection of personal freedom as the central problem in politics. This doctrine of though emerged in the 19th century and has grown through time since then. It has had a lot of impact on political and social occurrences through time.
Liberalism has also affected the political standing of the republicans and democrats from the civil war era to the contemporary era. During the civil war era, political party choices were made based on the federalist and the anti-federalist beliefs. The republicans were the supporters of the big government while the Democrats were the supporters of independent state governments (Slothuus& De Vreese, 2010). Liberal views impacted the conflict between the federalists and the anti-federalists. While the federalists supported the development of a strong federal government, the anti-federalists believed that each state should maintain its independence and have the chance to control their own constitution. The anti-liberalists were highly influenced by liberal views. They believed that they had the right to individuality and independence so that they can be able to control their own economies.
Unlike in the civil war era, political part views today are mainly influenced by social issues such as elitism and populism. People choose political parties in the contemporary America based on the party's support on issues affecting the people such as class(Slothuus& De Vreese, 2010. This shift has mainly been caused by the evolution of liberalism. Liberalism allows people to care for people as individuals and apply rationalism is the creation and support for various policies. Liberalism has allowed for the independence of beliefs and enabled the application of rationality rather than just rigid principles when making political decisions. Therefore, this has somewhat caused a shift in the principles and beliefs of the democratic and republican parties