Were political parties in the U.S during 1918 as polarized generally as they are now?
Upvote:3
1918 was during the Fourth Party System that was in effect from 1896 to 1928. Under this system, the Republican party was principally a party of business interests and skilled workers, along with what few African-Americans were allowed to vote, while the Democratic party was a coalition of white supremacists (particularly in the South), unskilled workers, and immigrants. The Republicans usually had the upper hand, with only one Democrat elected POTUS during this period.
Political map of the 4th Party system. The darker the shade, the more likely the state was to vote for that party's candidate.
With these coalitions there were wings in both parties in support and in opposition to many national issues. The big issues that starkly separated them was tariffs (protectionism) and the handling of the monetary system. But if those are not issues that get you going like it did people at that time, then both parties would look rather diverse. Both parties had what we'd today call "conservatives" (Republican business interests, Democratic White Supremacists) and "liberals" (Republican progressives, Democratic Labor and Immigrant interests).
However, if those (now rather arcane-looking) macroeconomic issues were your primary political animation, the parties would look quite divided.
The subsequent Fifth ("New Deal") System saw black voters switch en-masse to the Democrats, and the White Supremacists start to drift away from them. With the Sixth (arguably the current system) the White Supremacist wing fully switched parties, while the Progressive Republicans switched the other way, and that is how we got to the current situation where one party is a coalition of pretty much all the nation's "conservative" interests, while the other has everyone else.
More post
- 📝 How did the Soviet Union officially justify the need for foreign travel and emigration restrictions?
- 📝 Is there any data that supports or refutes the claim made in this paper about the Harappan/Indus Valley civilization?
- 📝 WW1 Uniform - Which country does this uniform belong to?
- 📝 Who would have been worshipped as the god of engineering in Ancient Rome?
- 📝 Was it common to brush off Hitler's radical remarks as just figures of speech to whip up the supporters among US commentators in the 1930's?
- 📝 Has NATO ever started a war?
- 📝 What is the significance of the term "never start changing the borders in Eastern Europe by force?"
- 📝 How many battles could a Napoleonic war or ACW infantryman expect to survive?
- 📝 How democratic was the ancient republic of Rome?
- 📝 What did Golden Horde get out of the alliance with Mamluks?
- 📝 Did the Portuguese Crown sponsor Brazilian gold-seeking expeditions (bandeiras) in the 17th century?
- 📝 What is this consistent symbol in the Spanish coat of arms?
- 📝 Was Christianity legalized during the Meiji Restoration?
- 📝 "We, who've been connected by blood to Prussia's throne and people since Düppel"
- 📝 Did the Confederate States of America ever officially adopt William T. Thompson's descriptions of the CSA national flag?
- 📝 How did pre-Columbian Americans shear their alpacas?
- 📝 Is this trebuchet based on a real historical model?
- 📝 Is there any documentation on the creation of Article 1 Section II of the US Constitution?
- 📝 Why did Cleon say this in the Mytilenian Debate?
- 📝 Was any pope imprisoned during his service to Catholic Church?
- 📝 What does this spear & carpentry square symbol mean?
- 📝 Did Einstein steal another mathematician's work?
- 📝 What was the estimated population living in Egypt around 1446 BC?
- 📝 Why was East Pakistan never divided into multiple provinces?
- 📝 What role did the Eastern Roman Empire play in the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
- 📝 Was the Napoleonic era cavalry armour effective against firearms?
- 📝 At what point did noblemen stop being the backbone of the military?
- 📝 What is the earliest written date?
- 📝 How did 2nd century Romans decide where to build Hadrian's wall?
- 📝 How did Britain govern the thirteen colonies?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Were political parties in the U.S during 1918 as polarized generally as they are now?
- 📝 Is there any documentation that indicates the Aztecs were as violent as they are made out?
- 📝 How many pens were used by MacArthur to end the final chapter of World War II and where are they now?
- 📝 Were there any political checks on the U.S. executive during their covert support of the military junta of Pinochet?
- 📝 Were the Islamic Caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) and the Mongol Empires truly as benevolent as they are portrayed?
- 📝 How were political borders marked during the Middle Ages?
- 📝 How were political factions in the late Roman republic different from political parties today?
- 📝 How long did men have to serve in the US army until they were promoted to sergeants during WW2?
- 📝 Were cities that enacted lockdowns during the 1918 flu pandemic successful in preventing any infections?
- 📝 What drugs were used in England during the High Middle Ages?
- 📝 Why were so many more Jewish men than Jewish women killed during the Holocaust?
- 📝 When did the Romans finally acknowledge that they were living in an empire?
- 📝 Are there any accounts of everyday life during the Black Death?
- 📝 How would a king's servants prove that they are on a task given by the king?
- 📝 Why were Albanians the only nation in the Balkans who converted to Islam during the Ottoman occupation?
- 📝 How beneficial were war bonds to the US during WWII
- 📝 Were there any travel restrictions during the Black Death pandemic?
- 📝 Were there any high-ranking female soldiers during the Middle ages?
- 📝 Were there ethnic Russians in Alaska when the US purchased it 1867? Did they stay?
- 📝 Are there any documented examples of wooden ships which were in active service for 100 years or more? If not, what is the longest?
- 📝 Why are the signatures on the United States Declaration of Independence structured as they are?
- 📝 During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, did society question whether or not recovered patients will remain immune?
- 📝 Why were the Irish exempt from conscription during WWI?
- 📝 What were the Allies' plans if they caught Hitler alive?
- 📝 Why do minor political parties in the US receive so few votes?
- 📝 Who are the three men standing and what are they holding at this University of Paris Doctors' Meeting?
- 📝 Were Shakespeare's plays written for "high culture" or "entertain the bawdy masses" during his time?
- 📝 Why did the German air force lose experienced pilots faster than the Allies, even though they were defending their home airspace?
- 📝 Were bookshops 'common' in the late 19th century, and how did they differ from modern ones?
- 📝 How educated were the clergy during the Medieval period?