Political party affiliation during first party system

[JA]

Federalist Party

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• Belief in a strong federal system of governance
• Promotion of a fiscally sound and nationalistic government
• Federalism
• Nationalism
• Industrialization
• Promoted engagement in manufacturing and commerce.
• Supported the creation of a strong national bank.
• Promoted a strong and active foreign policy, especially through friendship and trade with Britain.
• Sponsored the Alien and Sedition Acts, which increased residency requirements for citizenship and expanded the deportation of aliens.
• Favored factories, banking, and trade over agriculture.
• Fostered the creation of a national judicial system via the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Supported the creation of the U.S. Navy and the expansion of the Army.
• Preferred a duty on imports rather than direct taxation for the purposes of raising revenue.

Democratic-Republican Party

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• Promotion of the principles of republicanism over elitism
• Jeffersonian Democracy
• Republicanism
• Denounced the national bank as unconstitutional.
• Rejected the premise that national debt was good for the country.
• Supported cultivating ties with France over England.
• Supported the expansion of the U.S. through the Louisiana Purchase
• Favored the needs of small businesses and individuals over bankers, industrialists, and merchants.
• Skeptical in regard to federal courts.
• Opposed the creation of the U.S. Navy and favored a small national military.
• Opposed high duties on imported goods.

http://us-political-parties.insidegov.com/compare/7-8/Democratic-Republican-Party-vs-Federalist-Party

[RINO Tom]

Federalist (R)

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Federalist (I/O). I would have been very moderate though.

[JA]

What makes both of you support the Federalist Party?

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Neither party

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

What makes both of you support the Federalist Party?

Economics.
There was some nasty stuff pushed by the Federalist brass though, that I would not support (see: Alien and Sedition Act).

[Mr. Smith]

Both of the above

Federalist -> 1800 Election Lean Federalist -> Serious frustrations between 1800-1804 -> 1804 Lean Republican ->  Republican (D)

Oh and one vote against Madison in 1812.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Soft Democratic Republican (both paties were full of trmendous hypocrites of course, and at the end of the day this very much is dependent on long-forgotten identity politics)

Mechaman had the greatest commentary on the First Party System:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184903.0

[SWE]

The New York Democratic-Republican party was basically Hamiltonian economics + Jeffersonian Democracy, so I'll go with them.

[RaphaelDLG]

The New York Democratic-Republican party was basically Hamiltonian economics + Jeffersonian Democracy, so I'll go with them.

This if this is an option.

Otherwise, a bizarre Federalist who strongly opposed the alien and sedition acts and believed in expanding the franchise and then convincing people of the necessity of federalist ideas.

[Cashew]

The New York Democratic-Republican party was basically Hamiltonian economics + Jeffersonian Democracy, so I'll go with them.

This if this is an option.

Otherwise, a bizarre Federalist who strongly opposed the alien and sedition acts and believed in expanding the franchise and then convincing people of the necessity of federalist ideas.

[Bigby]

I chose independent because I would basically be a reverse Patrick Henry. (Initially Federalist only to turn to the other side.)

[You don't see any blue avatars now]

The New York Democratic-Republican party was basically Hamiltonian economics + Jeffersonian Democracy, so I'll go with them.

This if this is an option.

Otherwise, a bizarre Federalist who strongly opposed the alien and sedition acts and believed in expanding the franchise and then convincing people of the necessity of federalist ideas.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The, like, entire point of being a Federalist was to restrict franchise....

[Person Man]

The New York Democratic-Republican party was basically Hamiltonian economics + Jeffersonian Democracy, so I'll go with them.

This if this is an option.

Otherwise, a bizarre Federalist who strongly opposed the alien and sedition acts and believed in expanding the franchise and then convincing people of the necessity of federalist ideas.

Northern Democrat

[Kingpoleon]

Democratic-Republican. Of the Presidents in this time:
1. Washington(barely ahead of Madison)
2. Madison

3. Jefferson

4. Adams and Monroe

The Federalist Party's monarchist sympathies were the worst possible: English. Even a Prussian prince would be better than some English prince.

[Goldwater]

I chose independent because I would basically be a reverse Patrick Henry. (Initially Federalist only to turn to the other side.)

Yeah, probably something like this, though I'm not entirely sure.

[White Trash]

I'd vote for whomever my landlord told me to.

[Bismarck]

I would probably have been a moderate DR. Interestingly, I think both parties have more in common with the modern Republican Party than either does with the modern Democratic Party.

[SATW]

Democratic-Republican (R), albeit a moderate and pragmatic one.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Federalist (R)

American School is best school.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

How many people who voted Federalist in this poll would have switched in the 1800s?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

How many people who voted Federalist in this poll would have switched in the 1800s?

By default, everyone.

[Arturo Belano]

After reading the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers I probably would have been a D-R of a rather radical stripe.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Democratic-Republican in the context of those times, though I'd probably be very supportive of Washington.