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While I do not completely agree with the Democratic party, I was still very interested in it's history. I do agree with it's stance on most social issues, such as gay marriage and abortion. And I also agree with their views on the Capital Punishment.

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1. Third party candidates tend to barely reach the debate stage for many reason. Mainly being that most people either tend to be registered and have views pointing to the 2 US parties. Also, a lot of people see that third party candidates have almost no chance of winning so they don't even bother voting.

2. I do not thunk the two party system is a good idea. People gave so many diverse and detailed political views and the two parties don't always apply to them. I tend to have both tradition Republican and Democratic views, so in-turn I identify as an Independent.

3. My view tend to lean more left than right. But my views don't really match up completely with any party, I tend to think for myself. While I'm a social liberal, I don't think we should be taking precautions to stop offending people, which is how most current democrats think.

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-JFK traveled with a bathroom scale.

-He gave his White House salary to charity.

- Kennedy was the only U.S. president whose grandmother lived longer than he did.

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Democrats are not in favor of the death penalty. A lot of Democrats believe that the death penalty is immoral and barbaric. They do not believe murderers should be murdered as a punishment.

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Democrat believe that people should have to go through long and thorough process in order to get a firearms. They generally believe in more strict gun laws, due to so many mass shootings in the US lately.

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Democrats are in favor of alternative energies, such as nuclear power. They also want to cut fossil fuels due to its harm to the atmosphere and environment in general.

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Democrats tend to have very open-minded and tolerant beliefs. They are in support of gay marriage and LGBT rights in general. They just generally tend to be more progressive.

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President John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You"

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From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party

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Most Democrats support the idea of universal health care for all US citizens. They believe that the government and the tax payers' dollars should be used to pay for this health care. They believe health care is a human fight for all citizens.

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When Roosevelt proposed the New Deal, the Democratic party shifted into the party of bigger government and more tolerance.

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At its creation, the Democratic party was a lot more intolerant then it is now. It was the party that supported slavery and segregation, but now it has grown into the party of diversity and tolerance.

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-Third president of the US
- Declaration author
-served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress

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Kennedy was born in Brookline,  Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. Later after college at Harvard, he joined the Navy, where he survived a Japanese destroyer attack on his boat. Kennedy then ran against Richard Nixon and won by a small margin. During his presidency, he launch a large campaign on poverty with American citizens. He was also the first Roman Catholic president.

While Kennedy was in office he was very progressive and strives for equal rights. His voter were devastated by his untimely death. While Kennedy was in Dallas, Texas, he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while he was driving down the road in his motorcade. He left a huge mark on presidential history with his inauguration speech quote: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country".

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-Oldest political party
-founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
-very different from current views; more conservative positions
-also known as Jefferson's Republicans