Have you ever heard the term "Power to the people"? Well my friend, that would be a very Anti-Federalist term. The Anti-Federalist group started out back in the days of the lobsterbacks and revolutionaries. They stood for the power of the people, and hated the idea of the government holding all the power.
On the other hand are the Federalists. They stand for a firm solid government that will help the country contain its people. Suprizingly this group was formed after the anti-Federalists, which is a little odd.
These groups nowadays are, by definition, called the Democrats (Anti-Feds) and the Republicans (Feds). The democrats are people who want a democratic society more, which means that the majority of the people that vote for one thing win. The republicans on the otherhand, are for a congress made up of people from all over the country voting for laws.
Published: January 8, 2008
The political race nowadays is a firm example of all of this. It always ends up democrats vs. republicans, and Federalists vs, Anti-Federalists. Nowadays though, the line is always crossed. Democrats are not always Anti-Federalist, and the Republicans are not always Federalist. Nowadays, it is actually more of the fact of who has been in office for a longer period of time.
This year, 2008, the race for leader stands between two people (again). John McCain and Barack Obama. There have been a lot of differences between the two, along with some pretty bad political warfare.
At the moment of posting this blog, John McCain is ahead in the polls, meaning that the Democrats are loosing at the moment. I personally am not going to give my stance on this actual debate between parties, but each person has their own special attributes about them, and they are only going to win if most of the country favors those attributes over the others.
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