Donkey vs Elephant

Donkey vs Elephant
American bipartisan system
Donkey is the emblem of the Democratic Party, elephant is the emblem of the republican party.The quadrennial presidential election in the United States is also called the "donkey and elephant contest" or "donkey and elephant race".Democrats and republicans used donkeys and elephants as their own symbols, drawn from the satirical cartoons of Thomas nast, a German-American political cartoonist.
The essence
1,There is no essential difference between the two parties on the 2. The practical significance of different election ideological and class basis. programs proposed by both parties : mutual They are all parties that monopolize the interests of the containment and avoidance of extremes serve as bourgeoisie but differ in the implementation of specific the basis for the functioning of the two-party policies.Generally speaking, republicans advocate small system. government and big society.It opposes expanding the government's budget on economic and social matters, but 3. The election the under the two-party advocates expanding defense budget.Democrats favor more system objectively reflects a certain social welfare and aggressive government action to promote degree of public opinion, but in essence, control corporate activity. it is a mechanism of mutual supervision and balance between different interest groups of the arty
Founded in 1854, it is made up of business owners in the northeast who oppose slavery and representatives of agricultural entrepreneurs in the Midwest development states.When Lincoln was elected President in 1860, the republican party came to power and defeated southern slave owners in the civil war to quell the civil war.For more than 70 years between 1860 and 1933, the United States was governed by a republican party except for 20 years (four presidents, five terms).The party's mass base is mainly whitecollar workers and young people in the suburbs and the south.The middle class was its new support after world war ii.
What is the differences ?
• The Democratic Party is a left-wing party with a stronger nature of reform. Its policies tend to favor the middle class, attach importance to welfare and equity, and promote reform. • The republican party is a right-wing party, representing the interests of big capitalists. Its policies are more easily controlled by interest groups, and it is a conservative party.
The advantages
1.It is conducive to political stability and steady economic development. 2. It is conducive to the development of democracy, which has a high degree of democracy and greatly promotes the expansion of the scope of American elections. 3. It is conducive to the effective supervision and restriction of rights and relatively reduces the occurrence of power abuse and corruption
The disadvantages
1.The two-party system in the United States will spend a lot of money in the process of election, and the two parties will take measures such as attacking each other and dismantling each other to achieve their election goals. 2. The American two-party system is a kind of money politics. Money plays a vital role and influence on the operation of the American two-party system that largely represents the interests of large corporations. 3. The long-term monopoly of the two major political parties in the United States on power has led to the political transformation of the state power. 4. The two-party system is prone to bickering and shirking responsibilities.
Democratic Party
Founded in 1791, it consisted of a group of plantation owners and entrepreneurs associated with southern slave owners, then known as the republican party.It became a democratic republican in 1794 and became a Democratic Party in 1840.The Democratic Party collapsed after the civil war ended in 1861.In 1933, Roosevelt used the discontent caused by the economic crisis to run for President and win four consecutive terms.The democratic base is mainly labor, civil servants, ethnic minorities and blacks.