What was Andrew Jackson's political philosophy, please describe it?

Answer 1

Andrew Jackson was a small government populist. Even though the term populist didn't get much play until later in the century, he most definitely believed in the wisdom of the common man.

Jackson had a tremendous distrust of government. He felt, much as Jefferson, that the government that governs best is the one that governs least. He was also very much opposed to spending on internal projects by the Federal government.

He was also rabidly pro-Union (not the workers, but the nation). I'm sure he would spin in his grave if he knew that he was on the $20 bill! He was very much against a government bank.

Answer 2

Jackson's political philosophy was to do whatever he wanted to do and not worry about what the people wanted, because he would use political cronyism and corruption to get the people to vote the way he wanted.

The typical manner that this was done was to bribe the voters with large quantities of alcohol on election day. As this was long before the advent of the Australian Ballot(anonymous balloting), his supporters would threaten, cajole, intimidate anyone who spoke out or voted against Jackson and he rewarded these people with Federal funds in the form of a job on the Federal payroll.

Jackson agreed with Jefferson's belief, that the masses were not educated enough to make their own decision and it was the people's job to follow the men that the political elite decided should lead them.

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