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United States Democracy: Jefferson Vs. Andrew Jackson
Democracy is the power or rule of the people. The people have the right to vote the best candidate who is deemed the best fit to govern the government. Both democratic president’s Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson contributed their views of policies and ideas of significant importance to the United States Democracy. As both men were the few first leaders of the development of the beginning of the strong and challenging nation of democracy, they can be compared. The development of democracy from the time President Jefferson to President Jackson was based on the difference between the two leaders which caused changes that were significate to the development of the American republic. The Democratic Party is based on the idea of political

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