Yeah, the Democrats came about ~25 years before the Republicans and they were staunch conservatives, and Republicans were the more “progressive/liberal” in U.S. terms.
Democrats were from the south, and first Republican president was Lincoln and the whole ending slavery thing. Late 1800s Republicans stopped caring about civil rights as much, and when the great depression came about FDR ran as a Democrat that flipped the script and wanted more progressive policies. I’m sure there is a lot of give & take but that’s a quick way I would draw it up.
(Always gives me a chuckle, because the whole south will rise again comments, and anti democrats are often coming from the same people… which were the same people at the time)
One thing to point to, is that republicans stopped caring so much after reconstruction when they tried to make inroads into the south.
the question of civil rights, or being progressive were largely more a North vs South thing. Before the Southern Strategy, democrats had their stronghold in the south and reflected that. while the republicans- like Lincoln who was from Illinois- were based in the north.
Yeah, the Democrats came about ~25 years before the Republicans and they were staunch conservatives, and Republicans were the more “progressive/liberal” in U.S. terms.
Democrats were from the south, and first Republican president was Lincoln and the whole ending slavery thing. Late 1800s Republicans stopped caring about civil rights as much, and when the great depression came about FDR ran as a Democrat that flipped the script and wanted more progressive policies. I’m sure there is a lot of give & take but that’s a quick way I would draw it up.
(Always gives me a chuckle, because the whole south will rise again comments, and anti democrats are often coming from the same people… which were the same people at the time)
One thing to point to, is that republicans stopped caring so much after reconstruction when they tried to make inroads into the south.
the question of civil rights, or being progressive were largely more a North vs South thing. Before the Southern Strategy, democrats had their stronghold in the south and reflected that. while the republicans- like Lincoln who was from Illinois- were based in the north.