First party system
The First Party System is an explanatory model for the history of the political parties in the United States and analytically divides them into several periods up to today's Sixth Party System .
The first phase of party development in American political history lasted approximately from 1796 to 1824 and was characterized by competition between the Federal and Democratic-Republican parties . During the first party system, elections established themselves as a means of political debate and modern parties emerged as opponents to interest groups. With the Era of Good Feelings ("era of good feelings", approx. 1814-1830) and the failure of the unpopular federalists against Andrew Jackson and the later Democratic Party , the first party system ended .
literature
- William Nisbet Chambers: The First Party System: Federalists and Republicans (Problems in American History). Wiley, New York 1972, ISBN 0-471-14340-5 .
- Richard Hofstadter : The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840 . University of California Press, Berkeley 1969.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sandy Maisel: Political Parties, American . In David Coates (Ed.): The Oxford Companion to American Politics (Volume 2) . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, ISBN 978-0-1997-6431-0 , p. 210