Would Lincoln be a Democrat today?

Gern Blansten
Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,925
edited August 2014 in A Moving Train
http://www.livescience.com/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html

This is good ammo when repubs try to say they were the party of Lincoln and freed the slaves, etc....they weren't
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power. How did this switch happen?
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    edited August 2014
    Yes.

    He was the first real big govt president.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    Well, he'd still be from Illinois. The Red State/Blue State map would still look the same. I'm betting yes.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,042
    edited August 2014
    Yes.

    I always found it kind of odd how the parties pulled a switch-a-roo, lol.
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