Would you have belonged to the Federalist or the Republican party? Why?

Answer 1

The gubmint doesn't know what's he's talking about. The Republicans of the 1800s (full name: Democratic-Republican Party) was created in response to the centralization, big-governments efforts by the Federalists, led by Adams and Hamilton, such as the Alien and Sedition Acts which made it a crime to criticize the President or Congress.

The Federalist Party was very different from the Federalists who promoted and secured ratification of our Constitution. The authors of the Federalist Papers promoted good governance through a division of powers and sovereignty - state governments handled state matters, the national government handled national matters. The Federalist Party wanted much more power - think Hamilton and the central bank.

Jefferson and others who believed in limited government and classic liberal freedoms formed the Democratic-Republican Party in opposition to the Federalists (who had betrayed their namesake).

Today, the Federalist Party survives in ideology by the Republicans Party and the Federalist Society organization. More true to the original federalist view of divided, limited government - which the Democratic-Republicans considered paramount - is expressed by (small d) democrats, some Democratic Party members, and those who promote world federalism for providing limited, accountable government in global affairs.

For this reason, I'd have back the original federalists - Madison, Jay and Hamilton - but broken with Hamilton during during the Adams administration and allied with the Democratic-Republicans.

Answer 2

Democratic-Republican Party.

Answer 3

Republicans. The Federalists were too whiny and grasping. The liberals of their day, so to speak.

Answer 4

I would have been a Whig