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Today it is widely considered that America has a two-party political system, i.e. two major political parties which regularly obtain over 40% of the popular vote in each major election. Today these are the Republicans and the Democrats, however in the time of Jefferson and Hamilton the distinctions which would serve to become the history of the present system were much more blurred and indistinct. With this in mind, my essay will discuss the reasons why a party system developed at all in America, and specifically the involvement of the two key players and the end of the 18th Century, namely Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Firstly I believe it is important to mention that the founding fathers did at no point envisage a party system breaking out. It was their intention, it is believed, to have had a system by which a plethora of different individuals would voice their views through...

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