US political parties

 



   In the United States of America there are two major political parties, the Democratic party and the Republican party. The US political parties are extreamly divided on almost all of the central issues in the US. Both parties have a color and a symbol of an animal to help us recognize them. The Democratic party is recognized by their symbol, the donkey, and their color, blue. The Republican party's symbol is an elephant, and their color is red. 
   In every presidential election a republican and a democrat is nominated at their party's convention, these two will compete for the presidency. There have been 16 democratic and 17 republican presidents.