Clarence Boddicker
Jr. Member
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Political Matrix
E: -7.35, S: -5.91
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« on: April 28, 2024, 02:04:23 PM » |
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Basically as the title says. The party was founded upon anti-slavery and internal improvements. Plus the first "modern" progressive president was the Republican Teddy. It seems the Democrats would have been a more natural home for the conservative party with its base in the South.
Was it the combo of Bull Moose/ Republican divide in 1912 leading to the progressive Wilson presidency, which was followed by the conservative Harding/ Coolidge/ Hoover presidencies? Or does it go back further to the Jacksonian distrust of big banks? I suppose William Jennings Bryan played a big part as well?
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