I learned quite a bit about political parties in class today. Here are some of the highlights:
- The names of the two political parties in the United States are called the Constitution party and the Libertarian party
- The smaller political parties are usually called the Greenback party, the Free Soil party, the Know Nothings and the Bull Moose party.
- People who don't want to register as a member of a political party can register as a third party member.
- People who are registered members of a political party DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO vote for that party's candidate.
- Here are three things that active party members can do during a campaign to get votes for their candidate:they can drive people to polling places so they can vote, they can work in there party's headquarters to get out the vote, they can also hand out flyers.
- George Washington was opposed to political parties because he feared that they would divide the nation.
- One final interesting fact I learned about political parties is that some parties didn't last. For example the
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