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Junior Chimp
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« on: September 20, 2020, 09:08:42 AM » |
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The GOP in 1856 was nothing like the GOP by 1880. The GOP in 1856 was a diverse party of both Jacksonians and whigs, of radicals and conservatives, business and workingmen all dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery, selfishly and selflessly, By 1880, the GOP became a dominant party of Northern business/industrial interests as that is where the most influential power base lied. The democratic party as such became the catchall opposition to such interests. It's the role that the Democratic Party had filled prior to 1856 as well becoming a catchall opposition to the whig largely Northern business interests.
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