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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MarianLH: [QB] Originally posted by Nim the Fanciful: [QUOTE][i] No, I meant that some presidents have had the affiliation "Democratic Republican" or "Republican Democrat", why was that merger possible in the 1700's/1800's and why is it not today? [/i][/QUOTE]Omega's right, it wasn't a merger. The Democratic Republicans were one early party, and the Whigs and Federalists were others. Then this third-party spoiler named Lincoln came along and upset everything (the Federalists were extinct at that point, IIRC). I'm not sure when the Democratic Republicans came to be known as just Democrats, but I think Lincoln's party was already known as (just) Republicans when he was elected. Marian [/QB][/QUOTE]
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