Political Parties Homework

Tonight for homework, do some research on the main political parties of the United States (as of 2012), which exist because Hamilton and Jefferson disagreed about so many topics and created the idea of a two party government system.

There are six main political parties in the US (click the links to bring you to each party's website):

• Democrats 
• Republicans
• Libertarians 
• Green Party 
• Reform Party 
• Socialist Party 

For each of the parties, you should know: a major leader, big/key issues, a symbol used to represent the party