The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act split the Republican party into the Progressives and the Old Guard. The split caused a loss in the next election.
That was the republican party.
That was the republican party.
Isaac Burpee has written: 'The tariff and other issues of the day' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Liberal Party of Canada, Politics and government, Tariff
Revenue Tariff Party - Tasmania - was created in 1902.
The party began as a single-issue party, but has grown to address other issues.
The party began as a single-issue party, but has grown to address other issues.
The party began as a single-issue party, but has grown to address other issues.
A person that does not consistently vote for one party or the other. Swing states are those with uncertain party loyalty and leadership that can throw their support to a candidate from either political party.
Alexander Hamilton
If they deal with the issue of inflation, other issues may resolve themselves in the process.
Roosevelt knew tariff reform was the wedge that could divide the Eastern establishment wing of the party, which wanted higher tariffs and greater protection, from the Wester progressives, who wanted lower tariffs and freer markets. Teddy had known how to lead progressively and "drag" the conservatives along with him, but any subsequent president who empowered the political machinations of Congress, where the establishment was in majority, to play with tariff reform (which has so many complexities a raised tariff could be politically "disguised" to look like a lowered tariff), would be giving away the fulcrum position and diminishing his ability to galvanize progressive action -- not to mention risking an actual rift in the party (which indeed is exactly what happened, when Roosevelt himself decided to run against Taft in 1912 under the banner of the new Progressive Republican, or "Bull Moose," Party).
A statement about a political party and their position on issues is called a platform.