Historical Analogy of the history of the Democratic Party

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the Democratic Party 's position in

the Southern Region of America

America 's Democratic Party is one of the country 's two major political parties . The organization has a long history , but when compared to the Democratic Party of 1792 , today 's party is very different The Democratic Party was founded in the 1790 's by Thomas Jefferson , who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence . Jefferson became the first Democratic President of the United States in 1800 Over next 70 years

, as the organization grew , so did its support in the South

After the end of the Civil War in 1865 , African Americans favored the Republican Party and its anti-slavery views , while the Democratic majority was Southern Whites , who were not in favor of political rights for former slaves (Grantham , 1992

In 1868 , Ulysses S . Grant , a Republican , was elected President with the help of African American Republicans , who were voting in a presidential election for the first time . During Grant 's presidency , the Radical Republicans introduced the15th Amendment , which stated that a right to vote could not be denied because of race , color , or previous condition of servitude (Carnes Garraty , 2006 ,

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Over the years , the Democratic Party has left behind many of its old principles and ideals , especially with today 's presence of African Americans in the party . The Democrats once maintained the support of White Southerners by backing Jim Crow laws and supporting racial

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segregation , but today , the majority of African Americans vote for the Democratic ticket (Aldrich , 1995

African Americans began to shift from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party in the 1940s , despite the Democrats opposition to 14th Amendment , which granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States (Carnes Garraty , 2006 ,

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In the election of 1940 , Franklin D . Roosevelt , a Democrat , added civil rights to his party platform . As a result , Roosevelt and the Democratic Party gained support from African American voters (Aldrich , 1995

Today , the majority of African Americans are registered as Democrats John Kerry carried 89 of the African American vote in the 2004 presidential election , and African Americans continue to gain more political position in the Democratic Party (Wenner , 2004 . In 2008 , the Democrats nominated Illinois Senator Barack Obama , as its presumptive presidential nominee , solidifying Obama 's place in history as the first African American to be a major political party 's presumptive nominee for President of the United States

For almost a century after the end of the Civil War , the Democratic Party had a strong presence in the Southern region of America . From 1880 to 1960 , the region was known as the Solid South ' because Democrats won by large margins in the area (Grantham , 1992

The Solid South began to come apart when President Harry S . Truman , a Democrat , began supporting the civil rights movement (Black Black 2003 . Following Roosevelt 's path , civil rights was a part of Truman 's...