A History of the Democratic Party

This video provides a brief introduction to the history of the Democratic Party, including its origins, as well as significant victories in presidential and congressional elections.

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[dominic]

Skipped quite a few historical events I see. No Jim Crowe, no KKK, glosses over slavery. Not surprised

[billhuber]

How long the Democrat party been around? Too damn long.

[jalenjose]

Good to know how corrupt the party has been for such along time.

[jalenjose]

All of those years democrat control not a pip in reparations.

[Edmund._.Dantes]

It's always very interesting to see the evolution of American politics

[squelch]

When I seen Andrew Jackson I thought this had a chance of honesty !

[magiccitymelkite]

A lot of Northern Democrats also supported slavery such as President Franklin Pierce from New Hampshire and President James Buchanan from Pennsylvania both of which served in the 1850s immediately prior to the election of Lincoln and the American Civil War breaking out. The Northern Democratic nominee in 1860 who ran against Republican Abraham Lincoln and Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge was U.S. Senator Stephen Douglass from Illinois who supported "popular sovereignty" or "state's rights" on the issue, meaning he thought each state should decide whether or not to have slavery. Plus, although we say that Breckinridge ran on a "Southern Democratic ticket" his VP nominee running mate was a U.S. Senator from Oregon, and Douglass's VP nominee on the "Northern Democratic ticket" was a former Governor and U.S. Senator from Georgia who later served in the Southern Confederacy, so although approximately accurate of the voting blocks involved it wasn't so cut and dry at the time, it was basically a split in the Democratic Party between those who thought slavery should be allowed everywhere due to the Constitution protecting property right per the U.S. Supreme Court Dread Scott case and those who argued each state should decide for themselves whether to tolerate slavery or ban it.

[jonathancoker]

Just might be me but it seems like the old Party’s weren’t that different from each other but it seems like at some point the democrats went super liberal.

[VanBoy]

Wonderful video! LET'S GO BRANDON!

[KeithCindyPanama]

Bring back the conservative Whig party:)

[chriseiland]

Wasn't a famous quote of Lyndon B Johnson "I'll have these N words voting democrat for 200 years?"

[warrenrhinerson]

One Democrat president you forgot during that time. Andrew Johnson

[ChrisTopheRaz]

Democrats fighting against high taxes? LOL

[thepolarbear]

How do you go from the Fireaters to Obama?

[bijoylaha]

India no any business democrats party

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