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laughs

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what is a Democrat for kids

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hey kids have you ever asked yourself

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what is a Democrat well a Democrat is

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someone who is part of the democratic

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party which is one of the political

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parties in the United States but first

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to understand that we need to explain

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what we mean by political party no we're

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not talking about the kind of party

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where do you play games and eat cake a

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political party is not really a party at

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all

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it's a group of people or voters who

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have organized themselves together to

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support certain public policies laws and

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legislation and to promote a certain way

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of thinking about the world

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in other words a political party is made

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up of people who all believe similar

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things and want leaders to make laws

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about those things in ways that they

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agree with the goal of a political party

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is to elect officials who agree with

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them and who will try to carry out the

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party's policies and beliefs political

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parties also work hard to encourage

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people to run for office in order to

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support that party's policies they raise

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money advocate for support and speak on

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behalf of these candidates all with the

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goal of getting as many people as

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possible from their political parties to

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make laws all political parties have

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positions on a lot of issues like

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education War taxes gun policy health

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care and many others they also go on TV

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or give speeches or write articles to

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make sure that their voters know what

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members of their party believe who those

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members are and which candidates out

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there they should vote for if they

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support that party unlike a birthday

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party which might have 10 or 15 friends

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in attendance there is no limit to the

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party of people in a political party

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they can be large or small even one

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person can have their own political

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party if they want to some parties are

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also based on just one issue if you

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believe strongly in playing video games

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you could start the video game party or

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if you love sweets you could create the

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ice cream party or the no school on

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Friday parties if you get enough people

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to support your issue you can go out and

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try to get more people to join your

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party but most successful political

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parties have thousands or millions of

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members or supporters and these parties

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compete with each other in elections

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seeking votes for the candidates they

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support the people from a political

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party who gets elected often tries to

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lead based on the beliefs and opinions

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of that party but this doesn't mean a

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person will never go against their

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party's beliefs nobody is required to

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vote or make decisions based on their

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party it all depends on the specific

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issue and the type of people that they

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might be representing on the other hand

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because candidates often receive money

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from their political party they

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sometimes feel pressure to make

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decisions based on their party's beliefs

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and not their own let's assume a

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politician believes that we need to do

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more to protect the environment but

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their political party doesn't agree they

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might ignore their own personal beliefs

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to please the party or there might be

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someone who believes that we should

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lower taxes but their party supports

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higher taxes so they might vote to raise

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taxes just because the party wants them

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to

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in the United States there have been a

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variety of political parties since the

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country's birth but the two major

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political parties are the Democrats and

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the Republicans

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most people elected to a public office

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whether it's local or national are

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either a democrat or a republican the

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Democratic party was formed in 1792 but

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adopted its current name in the 1830s

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and the Republican Party began in

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1854. in this video we're going to talk

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about the Democratic party to learn

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about Republicans click here

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okay so what is a Democrat the

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Democratic party is the oldest political

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party in the United States and one of

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the oldest in the world the beliefs of

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the party have changed during its more

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than 200 years of existence but in the

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1800s the party was in favor of and

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supported slavery and was against the

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Civil Right reforms which followed the

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Civil War these policies were adopted by

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democrats to appeal to voters in the

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South where slavery was more prevalent

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the logo of the democratic party is the

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donkey the Democratic party is also

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represented by the color blue and you

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might hear about states that support

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Democrats being referred to as blue

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States

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during the mid-1900s the Democratic

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party changed a lot and began to support

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organized labor the civil rights of

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minorities women's rights and

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Progressive reforms specifically trying

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to eliminate problems due to

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industrialization population increase in

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cities immigration from other countries

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and government corruption while every

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person who identifies as a Democrat may

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not have the same beliefs as everyone

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else in the Democratic party most

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Democrats do share the same approach to

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government and the issues

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these are some of the things that are

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typically part of the democratic

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platform expansion of social welfare

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programs

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gun control and background checks more

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targeted tax cuts against spending tax

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dollars for private schools support of

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labor unions and a higher minimum wage

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government regulation of Corporations

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pro-choice regarding abortion

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support of environmental reforms and

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protections opposition to prayer in

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public schools a decrease in military

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spending and an emphasis on social

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responsibility

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sometimes you might hear the Democratic

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party referred to as the liberal party

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someone who is liberal is usually open

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to new behaviors and opinions and is

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willing to change or question

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traditional values and beliefs

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well-known democratic presidents have

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included Barack Obama Bill Clinton

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and Franklin Roosevelt or FDR to sum up

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Republicans and Democrats are the two

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major parties in the United States

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and each party member tries to vote on

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the law in accordance with their party's

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platform this also includes appointing

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liberal or conservative judges members

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of the president's cabinet Executive

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offices and many other government

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positions of course not everyone adheres

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to all of the principles of their party

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some people are in between the parties

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and those people are often called

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moderate you can be a moderate Democrat

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or a moderate Republican depending on

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what party you most identify with often

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in Congress one party will have more

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representation than the other party

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which is called a majority

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this means that they'll have an easier

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time passing bills and getting new laws

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passed reflecting their own party's

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points of view

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so now we know that the two main parties

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are Republicans and Democrats but there

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are also some minor parties in our

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country and they're called third parties

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while they're small sometimes a third

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party has enough support to change the

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results of an election

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for example instead of voting for a

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Republican or a Democrat a voter may

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choose a third party candidate

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essentially taking away a vote from a

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major Party candidate some of the most

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noted third parties in history have been

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the Tea Party a newer party trying to

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change the way people think about how

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the government spends tax dollars the

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green party which believes that people

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are part of Nature and we need to take

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better care of the environment including

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all plants and animals

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the Reform Party which was founded in

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1995 to mandate higher ethical standard

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for the government and to balance the

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budget

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in 1998 a former professional wrestler

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and a Reform Party candidate named Jesse

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Ventura became governor of Minnesota

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there's also the Socialist Party founded

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in 1898 to promote public control of the

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production and distribution of goods and

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services later it became known as The

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Social Democratic Party

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in summary there are two main political

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parties in the United States and plenty

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of small ones all parties change over

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time amend their beliefs and fine-tune

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their platforms based on the changing

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opinions of the public there will always

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be political parties but what they

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believe in who's in charge how they

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campaign and what their priorities are

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will continue to evolve as history moves

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on and who knows new parties we don't

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even know about yet might emerge over

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time maybe you'll even form your own

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political party in your life and be its

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leader

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now get out there and start the learning

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