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That was when republicans were the progressives and democrats were the conservatives, though.
Before the party flip, it makes little sense to refer to ‘republicans’ and ‘democrats’. Those labels changed, not only in their values, but what the ‘conservative’ and ‘progressive’ platforms even were at that time, since there were different crossover issues than in today’s society.
Yep. Conservatives came to be called that because they were interested in conservation of nature, before it came to describe fiscal policy or religious extremism. the conservatives of today are nothing like them.
Many "conservatives" of today shouldn't be called that imho, it's more like they are progressive but in a different direction
Regressives?
Many Eisenhower voters became Democrats when the GOP took a hard right in the late 60s/early 70s.
If they want to be the party of Lincoln they also have to be the party of Eisenhower.
Was it the 60's when there was the parties flipped? I always thought it was the 20's/30's with Hoover and FDR?
There have been multiple realignments, the relevant one there was Nixon and the Southern Strategy.
Don't suppose you can point to a comprehensive list of the realignments?
Comprehensive? Lord no, but Wikipedia does have a decent enough list here.
Looks pretty comprehensive to me. Appreciate it!
Though the "Other possible political realignments" section feels a little liberal in its definition of "realignments", what with approximately every other election since 1964 being labeled as a realignment.
That's kinda why I called it not comprehensive, it seems a bit too inclusive for me to think that word quite applies.
The flip was with FDR, but between 60s-80s they defined what the modern Republican is.
I always like to refer to this site and its infographic - https://kathleenkowal.com/blog/history-of-political-parties-in-the-us
Yea, google the southern strategy, racist fucknutz from the south took over the GOP and the parties flipped with the former GOP politicians becoming Democrats