Did The Republican and Democratic Parties Actually Switch?

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Have you ever wondered if the Republican and Democratic parties actually switched ideologies? In this video, we delve into the history of American politics to uncover the truth about the party switch myth. Watch to learn more about election politics and the evolution of the two major political parties in the US.

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It was a consolidation rather than a switch. Liberals and conservatives existed in both parties. The split and then collapse of the Progressive Party in the 1910s and 1920s and their sidelining by the Republican establishment led to them moving to the Democrats largely in the 1930s under FDR. The loss of the Dixiecrats in the 1960s ultimately led to conservative consolidation in the Republican party.

Meirstein
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How many ways can this man pronounce Appalachia?

lsmithiv
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12 of the last 16 years POTUS has been blue, the establishment is blue.

ToxiCisty
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I lived in South Carolina for 5 years. Almost half of my neighbors were black. But ALL of my neighbors were nice. It was a sad day when I had to move to Ohio. Vomit.

VinnyMartello
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Both parties are less racist today than they were in the past. All regions of the USA Today are less racist now then in the past.

Wyliecoyte
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Who filibustered the civil rights act? Who eulogized Senator Robert Bird? Who promoted the mass abortion of blacks?

VinnyMartello
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The switch discourse relies on a lot of false equivalency

Aarlaeoss
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My dad was a Democrat and Kennedy supporter. A veteran of WWII, he believed in Christianity, gun ownership and slogans like "America: Love It or Leave It" (which I believe was the motto of the Elks club) and was a member of fraternal community support organizations. Today he would be considered "far-Right" by those in charge of defining the narrative.

UnclePengy
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Another thing people often forget to mention in these conversations is that there has always been a different culture in the south between rich southerns and poor whites. This was the subject of many different stories from the south (Dukes of Hazzard, Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ect).

Poor whites of the south were genuinely against slavery as an institution but believed in states rights, and later were genuinely against racial abuse but believed forced integration would destroy communities.

cornbreadisbetterthanpizza
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No "1st", no "2nd"? Commentators fell off ffs.

canonlindgren
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I WISH we had a two party system. We don’t. We have a uniparty.

VinnyMartello
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Are you trying to pronounce Appalachia in all ways it can be possibly pronounced?

calinnilie
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Both parties had conservative and progressive wings from the 1880s through the 1970s

angliccivilization
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People are complex and viewpoints can evolve over time. Assigning blame to a political party is exactly the wrong direction to take.

Ctrooper
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You got to remember that you had to own land and pay taxes to vote, once that changed it caused most significant shift of demographics in the parties.

theenchilada
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It’s telling that clear liberals like FDR and even Harry Truman didn’t see it this way at all … because this myth (and that’s what it is) relies on two ideas for simpletons:

1. The fact that Southern Whites and Blacks switched allegiances MUST mean the parties just did a 180° on ideology.
2. Support for slavery or segregation are inherently conservative; they’re just simply not. An 1860s Republican who opposes slavery because it’s economically unfair for Wall Street or due to religious fanaticism isn’t a “progressive” just because they support change.

fighterofthenightman
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The political left often promotes FDR as a beacon of liberalism and Democratic policies, however if the parties flipped platforms, then that would make FDR a modern Republican.

andrewlampart-shakerscdjr
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There are 4 things the parties can agree on: 1) war 2) more foreign aid 3) Liberalism (the ideology) 4) refusing to deliver for the Americans
I’m voting GOP this year but the lack of alternatives really annoys me.

hismajesty
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There are no parties. There is THE party. You only have an illusion of choice and if you make the wrong one, the result is changed.

Shadowmourne
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Best explanation I’ve heard of this so far.

archangelapache