In the U.S., the two major political parties are the Democrats and the Republicans respectively. The last two centuries core and mold the U.S. politics, and the country has been through the two-party system.

The Democratic Party tends to take a more liberal or progressive point of view and considers the role of the federal government should higher in regards to policy to be increased. The Republican Party is definitely more conservative oriented, preferring a limited government, a fiscal conservativism and a traditional social values.

Although there are some minor political parties in the United States, but the Democratic and Republican parties remained to be the two prominent ones that had their members elected to the presidency, Congress, and the office of governors across different statewide jurisdictions for the nation for most of the time. The two parties’ ideological differences shape the policy discussions and the course of electoral campaigns at all government levels, including federal and local