Section 8Chapter 5: America's First Party SystemToday, political parties are an authoritative and essential component of the United States political system. However, it is important to examine how political parties arose and evolved over the hundreds of years since they were established. In 1794 the major political parties were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. The main difference between the two was that Federalists preferred a strong central government, while Democratic-Republicans preferred a central government with limited powers and greater state control. At the time of the election it seemed that the prominent and distinguished Federalist Party clearly had the upper hand, but in the end the Democratic-Republican candidate won. Despite the fact that the political party system was nowhere near as sophisticated as it is today, there were many key factors that contributed to the victory of the Democratic-Republican convention in 1794, including the demographics of the city, the initiatives of the political parties, and, in in particular, yellow fever. answer.Many political factions precipitated out of George Washington's first presidential election, and by 1794 these factions were on the verge of establishing themselves as distinct political parties. The two main players, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, have sanctioned different methods of cultivating support for their candidate and their cause. The 1794 federal congressional elections triggered the highest level of political tension in Pennsylvania since the ratification of the United States Constitution, which caused quite a bit of discussion and unrest in 1787. The two candidates, Thomas Fitzsimons and John Swanwick, came from divergent countries. .... middle of paper ...... the yellow fever epidemic and the pro-people actions of the Democratic-Republicans certainly contributed to Swanwick's victory in 1794. The congressional election of 1794 was a very important and influential in the evolution of the American political party system. Although the Federalists dominated the new union's early political world, the Democratic-Republican candidate, Swanwick, won. There were many factors that contributed to Swanwick's victory that cannot be ignored when analyzing how the Democratic-Republicans achieved victory in the 1794 election. All available evidence must be investigated to understand the candidate's influences, his position on various issues controversies of the time and the voters themselves on the outcome of the elections of 1794. Nimit Patel