Gustaf
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« on: February 28, 2012, 07:28:07 AM » |
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This depends a bit on how deterministic one is.
What I would say is that after 1896 the Democrats were destined to become the party of the left. They weren't, in any definite way, of course. But it was inevitable. The same way that by WWII it was inevitable for the Dixiecrats to jump ship, even if it had not happened yet.
Back before that it seems to me as if the parties could theoretically have gone either way.
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