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The modern democratic party began after the Civil War as the opposition party to the Republicans.Before the Civil War, the Democrats, who favored the preservation of slavery, began with Andrew Jackson and the rise of the political power of the western farmers coupled with the remains of Jefferson's old party.

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Different beliefs than the republican parties.

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