View source for US political parties: issues, trends, alignments

By tracking political alignments, we can track general periods, patterns and events across American history.

mermaid code:
<pre>{{#mermaid:flowchart TD
   subgraph " "
1--text-->2
   end
}}
</pre>


see 

* [[wikipedia:Political_parties_in_the_United_States#History_and_political_eras|Political parties in the United States - Wikipedia]]

* [[wikipedia:First_Party_System|First Party System - Wikipedia]]

== Trends and alignments across US History ==
[[File:1800s Political-Parties-Issues-Alignments-Splits 650.svg|none|thumb|850x850px|Flowchart depiction of political alignments across US History]]

== Constitutional debate ==
Federalists

Anti-federalsts

== Early Republic ==
[[File:FirstPartySystem 1792-1816 Cropped.png|450px|First Party System 1792-1816: alignments according to the vice presidential election of 1792 and presidential elections from 1796-1816 (Wikipedia).
]]
* Period: Washington to Madison
* Period of political alignment also referred to as the "First Party System" 

<pre>{{#mermaid:flowchart LR

   subgraph "Hamiltonians"
FD[FEDERALISTS]--text-->SE
FD-->PE
FD-->NB
FD-->FD
FD-->DE
FD-->T
FD-->SE
   end

UR[Distrust of Cities]
IF[Ideal of Independent Farmer]
PF[Pro-France]
PE[Pro-England]
NB[National Bank]
ND[No Federal Debt]
FD[Federal Debt]
DE[Assumption of War Debt]
T[Tariff]
SE[Strong Executive]
WE[Weak Executive]
RC[Roads and Canals]
NS[No standing Army]

   subgraph "Jeffersonians"
DR[DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS]--text-->WE
DR-->IF
DR-->WE
DR-->UR
DR-->WG
DR-->UF
DR-->PF
DR-->ND
DR-->RC
DR-->NS
   end


}}

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