yes, politics were very different. IIRC, was the Republican Party not once known by the name Democrat?

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Google is your friend. It appears both the Democrats and Republicans got their name from one and the same Thomas Jefferson, who in the 1700's formed the Democratic-Republican Party to compete against the Federalist party at the time. Who knew? Lol.

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