Lincoln was a Republican before the parties switched. It’s well-documented how voting trends from the Civil War through to the Civil Rights Act flipped (hint, it’s to do with racism and the North/South divide)
I was simply pointing out how lost the nuance of party lines is to that other guy. Everything has shifted, divides have grown, both parties are so right leaning there’s no real left leaning representation left. Yet I only see both sides doubling down on their echo chambers. I went through this shit (and fell for it hard) on reddit, I don’t want a repeat here.
Lincoln was a Republican before the parties switched. It’s well-documented how voting trends from the Civil War through to the Civil Rights Act flipped (hint, it’s to do with racism and the North/South divide)
This is a brief overview. Obviously not an exhaustive history but covers the basics. https://www.studentsofhistory.com/ideologies-flip-Democratic-Republican-parties
I was simply pointing out how lost the nuance of party lines is to that other guy. Everything has shifted, divides have grown, both parties are so right leaning there’s no real left leaning representation left. Yet I only see both sides doubling down on their echo chambers. I went through this shit (and fell for it hard) on reddit, I don’t want a repeat here.