How many party periods have there been in American political history?

The ruining economy, foreclosures, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq made many Americans apathetic about their own government. Some believed the Republicans and the Democrats are just the same old...

47

there are two political parties in America. they are the Democratic party and the Republican party. they are represented by a donky and an elephant.

I believe the first two parties were the Hamiltonians and the Jeffersonians.

divided government