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.
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.