From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party
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Published 2016-11-07
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The Democratic Party is the longest-existing political party in the US, and arguably the world. But in its over 180 year existence, it's completed a remarkable ideological and geographic transformation. Originally a staunch defender of Southern slavery, the party now wins the support of most nonwhite voters. Once an advocate of rural interests against coastal elites, the party now draws much of its strength from cities and coastal areas. This video tells the tale of the Democratic Party's origins, its various metamorphoses, and the sources of its strength — and weaknesses — today.
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All Comments (21)
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I can't believe how some people get angry at literal facts
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"the Republican party was unpopular among white southerners" oh how the times have changed
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Imagine telling Lincoln that the we had a black president and it was in the democratic party
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"The republican party was bitterly unpopular among white southeners" is the strangest sentence from todays point of view xD
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Let's just pass over how Wilson continued to push anti-Black policies
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Half the time Vox is a liberal network, other half it just tries to educate us. This is the time when it tries to educate us about our history, why hate on this video?
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What’s funny is in the black community we are very aware of this history. And when we were used for votes it was for hope of new opportunities and the tone flipped aligning to a new era of stereotypes and agendas. This is why it’s important to study history and listen to everyone’s voices and how they were affected
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I remember some of this, when history was actually taught in school. Didn’t understand all of it, because politics was left out of it. Scary they are slowly teaching less and less of this
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There is no good party just good people
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Prager U and Vox should really have a debate on something...
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The Republican party was founded by 150 black man in Houston Texas
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The Democratic Party never changed at all.
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i always wondered how the parties ended up switching ideoligies and values so much
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Woodrow Wilson: *exists* Vox: I’m pretend I didn’t see that
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Didn’t Joe do a eulogy for a klan member?
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“I’ll have those (omitted) voting democrat for 100 years” LBJ
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These two parties have ruined this country
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Bruh moment in the comments
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Now its become woke supremacy
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Thank you for keeping it real! Real American history 💯.. I will forward this because this was well put and I've been trying to tell many people this for a long time.❤
