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The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S Political Spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous operation in the United States, and is one of the oldest political parties in the world.
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How many democats in the Senate?
49 and two Independents (Lieberman and Sanders) who caucas with the Dems.
Why did southern republicans lose power during the 1870s?
The General Amnesty Act of 1872 allowed most former Confederates to serve in public office. Soon many Democratic ex-Confederates were elected. Republicans also lost power as a consequence of Grant's problem-plagued presidency and the Panic of 1873. In 1876 the Hayes-Tilden presidential race was so close it took the Compromise of 1877 to make sure Democats would accept Hayes's election. Southern Democrats, called Redeemers, worked to limit African American rights. The methods they used included poll taxes, legal segregation, and Jim Crow laws. They even got help from the Supreme Court, which ruled in Plessy v.Ferguson that segregation was legal. African Americans found their rights restricted in other ways, too. Most African Americans could not afford to buy land, so many began sharecropping, or sharing the crop with landowners. Often only the landowner profited, while sharecroppers lived in debt.
Why did southern republican lose power during 1870?
The General Amnesty Act of 1872 allowed most former Confederates to serve in public office. Soon many Democratic ex-Confederates were elected. Republicans also lost power as a consequence of Grant's problem-plagued presidency and the Panic of 1873. In 1876 the Hayes-Tilden presidential race was so close it took the Compromise of 1877 to make sure Democats would accept Hayes's election. Southern Democrats, called Redeemers, worked to limit African American rights. The methods they used included poll taxes, legal segregation, and Jim Crow laws. They even got help from the Supreme Court, which ruled in Plessy v.Ferguson that segregation was legal. African Americans found their rights restricted in other ways, too. Most African Americans could not afford to buy land, so many began sharecropping, or sharing the crop with landowners. Often only the landowner profited, while sharecroppers lived in debt.
How did the urban political machines stay in power in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century?
FROM THE 1840'S AND CONTINUING TO THE EARLY PART OF LAST CENTURY YOU HAD A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS ESPECIALLY FROM EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE AS WELL AS IRELAND THAT TENDED TO CONGREGATE IN HUGE NUMBERS IN SUCH CITIES AS BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AS WELL AS CHICAGO. POLITICAL BOSSES FROM BOTH MAJOR PARTIES COURTED THESE NEW VOTERS BY PROMISING THEM ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS ESPECIALLY THE TAMMONY MACHINE IN NEW YORK. ALL THESE POLITICAL BOSSES WERE INVARIABLY CORRUPT TO SOME DEGREE BUT MOST DID CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THESE NEW AMERICANS IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE-THAT IS WHY NEW YORK, BOSTON AND CHICAGO ARE SO OVERWHELMINGLY DEMOCRATIC. UP TILL THE EARLY 1950'S, PHILADELPHIA HAD A REPUBLICAN POLITICAL MACHINE THAT WAS DOMINANT FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS TILL PROGRESSIVE DEMOCATS BEGAN TO MAKE STRONG ENROADS TO THE POINT THAT PHILLY BY THE TIME OF JOHN KENNEDY IN 1960 WAS A DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD.
Is Texas a contiguous state?
The Republic of Texas was a soverign state in North Ameica between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1845. Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico as a result of the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S. state of Texas, as well as parts of present-day New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming, based upon the Treaties of Velasco between the newly created Texas republic and Mexico. Texas became the 28th state of the United States on 29 December 1845, and is the only state of the 50 states of the United States which is allowed to fly its state flag on the same level as the flag of the United States. All other 49 states must fly their state flags at a lower level than the U. S. flag, although one frequently sees this rule of flag etiquette broken because so many people in this country are ignorant of the rules governing the display of flags. Yes Texas is a state, but at one time it was a country (The Republic of Texas). That is the reason the Texas flag is flown at the same level as the US Flag.
