When did the Republican/Democrat parties change?

Question

In the 19th century with Lincoln and slavery, Republicans were liberal and compassionate while the Democrats were conservative and narrowminded. Even geographically, the large northern cities were Republican and the south was mostly democrat. Now, in the 21st century, it seems that all of these points are the opposite. When did this completely switch?

Answer 1

The democrats were the party of Slavery and segregation for a very long time. But it seems in the 50's or 60's they started to become the party of Civil rights.

The Republicans were once the Trust busters. Trust's being the dominant businesses like Standard Oil that dominated their specific fields. They were reformers in the day of McKinley and T. Roosevelt. But the last few years have become closely aligned to Business.

I guess just in time they shifted and inside people switched or imprinted their values on the party. Just look at the difference between Reagan republicans and the Neo-Conservatives.

Answer 2

The Republicans' compassion you speak of sprang from the fact that most of them were Christians. Their support of democracy, their pushing for slavery to be outlawed, and their support of civil rights all came from their ideas that morality should guide the government.
It is interesting to note that Democrats historically were on the wrong side of Native American treatment, abolition, translation of the constitution, and civil rights in general.

The change came about in the early 1900s. As more immigrants and minorities started voting, they didn't really "get" the whole GOP mindset, so the Democrats poised themselves as the party for alternative voters. Also, Republicans were all about supporting industrialization and technology, so Democrats became the party of the poor factory worker (who also happened to be mostly minorities).

It is ironic that Hillary Clinton is promising more funding to Native American tribes, yet never has the DNC apologized for the Trail of Tears. I could go on, but I'll stop.

Answer 3

No gay rights debates. All events agreed this replaced right into a hideous and wicked way of existence. No religious debates. All events agreed interior the elementary ideology of Christain faith. No debate on abortion. It only did no longer ensue. Debates based around taxes, farm bill, social courses, economic equipment, transportation, marketplace and jobs. Crime and ethical matters weren't huge products because of the fact until eventually the initiating of ethical decline interior the 1960's, this usa did no longer have those issues on an remarkable scale as we do now.

Answer 4

Well I'm not going to get into who's smarter but the South started to go Republican in 1968 with Richard Nixon because he was less civil rights than Democrats, but it was just to get votes. I don;t know when there were less Republicans in the North but there aren't many left.

Answer 5

The parties themselves have not changed. The people in them tend to flip-flop from one side to another.

Answer 6

curbyoure... is right. Nixon was the political turn in out government