Eh, the two party system has direct ancestry to the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. You can argue the specific ancestry since then but it’s indisputable that the Democrats have direct organizational ancestry from the Democratic-Republicans, and the same can be said of the Republican party being formed from the ashes of the Whigs, who had also been formed from said Democratic-Republicans. Which honestly should have been more predictable, that the Democratic-Republicans would eventually split into the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Practically a law of history, tbh.
Of course, the Republicans of the 1850s were formed as an anti-slavery party, so things change and getting worked up over old party positions is foolish.
The GOP didn’t exist in the 1700’s…
Eh, the two party system has direct ancestry to the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. You can argue the specific ancestry since then but it’s indisputable that the Democrats have direct organizational ancestry from the Democratic-Republicans, and the same can be said of the Republican party being formed from the ashes of the Whigs, who had also been formed from said Democratic-Republicans. Which honestly should have been more predictable, that the Democratic-Republicans would eventually split into the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Practically a law of history, tbh.
Of course, the Republicans of the 1850s were formed as an anti-slavery party, so things change and getting worked up over old party positions is foolish.
labels change with time, people generally dont.