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Originally Posted by Original Position
Stop dodging the question. What is the correct answer in Primary School to the following question: What was Thomas Jefferson's political party?
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You don't understand. The Republican Party was formed in part out of former factions from the Whig Party, i.e. Henry Clay's party. Similarly, the Democratic Party was formed out of some former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party. But just as the Whig Party and the Republican Party are distinct parties, so are the Democratic Party and the Democratic-Republican Party. Maybe you are being misled by the similar name? Or, sometimes people will claim that the modern Democratic Party goes back to the eighteenth-century, but you have to realize they are talking about regional parties there - eg the New York State Democratic Pary.
I think YOU don't understand. You know, I've defended Wikipedia as being more accurate than encyclopedias, but I'm beginning to rethink my position:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dem...publican-Party
"Democratic-Republican Party, originally (1792–98) Republican Party, first opposition political party in the United States. Organized in 1792 as the Republican Party, its members held power nationally between 1801 and 1825.
It was the direct antecedent of the present Democratic Party."
Are you suggesting that Democrats have been hosting Republican-Democrat dinners all this time???