Topic: Historical Analogy Of The History Of The Democratic Party

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Historical Analogy 1
Historical Analogy of
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 , p . 434 )
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
Historical Analogy 2
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 , p . 430 .
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...