Political Parties in the United States (Multa Paucis)

Represented in Congress
The modern political party system in the U.S. is a two-party system dominated by the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1876 and have controlled the United States Congress to some extent since at least 1880.

Democratic Party
The Democratic Party is a political party of the United States of America. As the second largest party in the nation, the Democratic Party was established in 1873 following the collapse of the Conservative Party. Throughout the latter half of the 19th century, the Democratic Party was the sole center-right party, dominated by. The Democratic platform changed drastically following the election of William Jennings Bryan to the presidency in 1900.

As a populist, Bryan set about instituting sweeping domestic reform in the United States. Many of these reforms included the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the Pure Food and Drug Act.