In 1812 the federalist party was essentially gone and the Republican party took over the government. This fact seemed like a crazy concept to me for many reasons. First of all, how can such a influential party just die off? And second of all, I could not imagine either one of the two political parties now a days ( like the democrats and republicans) dyeing off like the federalists. The system, without two major political parties, seems flawed to me because there would only be one major opinion, and know one to oppose. I think if that would never happen in these times and if it did there would be complete chaos.