The two-party system will live on in our country for a long time for three reasons: historical roots, party identification, and the electoral system. The framing of the Constitution divided the country into two groups, the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. These two groups set the framework for the political parties that followed. Most Americans have grown up with a sense of party identification. Loyalty to parties has been passed down from generation to generation. With the electoral ballot, there is little room for third-parties to move in. These will ensure that the Democratic and Republican parties will remain dominant for years to come.
             The Democratic Party was founded as the Democratic-Republican in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson to fight for the insertion of the Bill of Rights into the Constitution. They have held presidencies through the "Era of Good Feelings," and the First World War. Their presidents have pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and put the first man on the moon. This party passed the first labor and child welfare laws. A Democrat integrated the military. The same Democrat also oversaw the reconstruction of Europe after World War II by establishing the Marshall Plan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Democrats c
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