“In the early 1900s, both the Republican and Democrat Parties were not that different from each other, and it was common for politicians to flip flop between the two, until after the Great Depression, when the southern Democrat's more Liberal president FDR passed the New Deal to help pull us out of our bad situation, which prompted the northern Republicans to take a more conservative approach to separate their ideologies. This escalated until the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s, when Democrat president LBJ passed the Civil Rights Acts. This caused the racial tensions within the Democratic… Citeste mai mult”
One interesting example to support the evolution of the two major parties is the case of Strom Thurmond. He was a Democratic senator from South Carolina who was initially against civil rights and even ran as a Dixiecrat in the 1948 presidential election. However, after the Democratic Party embraced civil rights under LBJ, Thurmond switched to the Republican Party in 1964. This demonstrates how politicians and their beliefs shifted between parties during the 20th century, as the parties' ideologies changed in relation to civil rights and other issues.
Moreover, the New Deal Coalition, whi… Citeste mai mult
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