Gustaf
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« on: March 14, 2005, 08:16:45 AM » |
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There are a few different keys to the current alignment iwth GOP as right and Democrats as left. One is that from the mid 1890s to the start of WWI the Democrats, headed by Bryan, became the Progressive party whereas the GOP refused to nominate Roosvelt in 1912 and turned away progressive elements. This meant that from 1895-1925, roughly,the Democrats defined themselves as the party of the poor and te GOP became the party of big business. Then of course, in the 60s, came the whole race conflict. The Democrats siding with blacks in the South was really just a logical consequent of identifying with the down-trodden.
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