Your Party ID Through the Years

[Rockefeller GOP]

I was browsing the old topics in this section and one caught my eye which asked what political party you would have been REGISTERED with throughout American history (i.e., you obviously wouldn't be forced to always vote for your nominee but people also don't usually change their registration at the drop of a hat either).  Rather than bump it, I thought I'd just make a new one.  I think mine would be pretty simple:

- Federalist until they died out
- Whig until they died out
- Republican (most likely moderate in all eras) from the 1850s on

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Moved from the History board.  Could have gone either here or FC.

[nolesfan2011]

1776-1824-Democratic-Republican (Jefferson)
1824-1860 Jacksonian Democrat
1860-Constitutional Union
1864-1876 Democratic
1876-1888 Greenback/Union Labor
1888-1900 Populist
1900-1912 Republican or Socialist (unsure)
1912-Progressive (TR edition)
1916-1920 Republican or Socialist (unsure again)
1920-Farmer Labor or Socialist (unsure again)
1924-Progressive (Lafollette edition)
1928-1936-Democratic
1934-36- Share our Wealth Party (or Democratic)
1936-1948-Democratic
1948-Progressive (Henry Wallace edition)
1952-2000-Democratic
2000-Green (Nader edition)
2001-2012-Democratic (actual)
2012-present-Progressive (Oregon Prog party currently because I live in Oregon, in another state it would be the Justice Party or the Vermont Prog Party or something such as that)

[H. Ross Peron]

1789-1804: Hamiltonian Federalist
1804-1824: Jeffersonian Democrat
1824-1836: National Republican
1836-1844: Whig
1844-1854: Free-Soil/Expansionist Democrat
1854-1880: Radical Republican
1880-1900: Mugwump/Reformist Republican
1900-1932: Progressive Republican
1932-1972: New Deal Democrat
1972-2005: Social Democrat (Social Democrats USA)
2005-Present: National Progressive Democrat

[BaconBacon96]

1789-1816 Federalist Party
1816-1828 Democratic-Republican Party
1828-1832 National Republican Party
1832-1848 Whig Party
1848-1854 Free Soil Party
1854-1912 Republican Party
1912 Progressive Party
1912-1924 Republican Party
1924 Progressive Party
1924-1932 Republican Party
1932- Democratic Party

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

1789-1795: Hamiltonian Federalist
1796-1824: Jeffersonian Democratic
1824-1840: Jacksonian Democratic
1840-1848: Whig Party
1848-1856: Free Soil Party
1856-1884: Republican Party
1884-1889: Greenback Party
1889-1904: People's Party (Populist)
1904-1924: Socialist Party
1924-1928: Progressive Party
1928-1952: Democratic Party
1952-1960: Republican Party
1960-present: Democratic Party

[beaver2.0]

1789-1816: Whig
1816-1824: Democratic-Republican (Anti-Jacksonian)
1824-1832: National Republican
1832-1856: Whig
1856-1872: Republican
1872-Present: Democrat

[TNF]

1789-1791: Anti-Administration
1791-1828: Democratic-Republican
1828-1831: Working Men's Party
1831-1839: Democratic Party
1839-1848: Liberty Party
1848-1854: Free Soil Party
1854-1874: Republican Party
1874-1889: Greenback Party
1889-1891: Union Labor Party
1891-1901: People's Party
1901-1972: Socialist Party
1972-1973: Social Democrats, USA
1973-1982: Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
1982-1991: Democratic Socialists of America
1991-present: Democratic Socialists of America / Green Party of the United States

I would probably feel very out of place within the Socialist Party after 1919 (at least until the 1930s) but by 1918 the Soviet Union had already begun a process of degeneration that would ultimately rob it of the radical democratic notions it was founded upon by 1921, and so I think I would have a very hard time supporting the Communists after 1918. I would have definitely been one of the more left-leaning members of the Socialist Party, though. I certainly would have supported the faction around Haim Kantorovich in the early 30s.

I feel as if I would become increasingly despondent with the direction of the SP during the 1940s and 1950s, though, but really, where else am I going to go? The Communist Party has been suppressed by the government and there aren't really any real left-wing alternatives until the 1960s, and literally none of those are worth supporting because they're bizarre Maoist cults. I had a hard time figuring out whether or not I would have joining the SPUSA or DSOC after the collapse of the SP, but ultimately went with DSOC because I'm currently a member of DSA. I don't agree with everything in the DSA program (I'm far, far to their left) but hey, it's better than joining up with the CPUSA, which endorsed Obama in 2012.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Federalist 1787-1803
Republican 1803-1826
National Republican 1826-1832
Anti-Masonic 1832-1835
Whig 1835-1844
Democrat 1844-1857
Republican 1857-1876
Democrat 1876-1896
Republican 1896-1932
Democrat 1932-1946
Republican 1946-Present

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Surely you are familiar with Workers World, TNF?

[Supersonic]

Federalist 1787-1816
Non-affiliated 1817-1826
National Republican 1826-1835
Whig 1835-1855
Republican 1855-1884
Democrat 1884-1893
Republican 1893-2014

[H. Ross Peron]

1828-1831: Working Men's Party

I'm sort of curious about this party...

[TNF]

Surely you are familiar with Workers World, TNF?

Yes, but it's not really what I would consider a serious socialist outfit.

[ElectionsGuy]

1789-1824: Democratic-Republican Party
1824-1840: Democratic Party
1840-1848: Liberty Party
1848-1854: Free Soil Party
1854-1876: Republican Party
1876-1904: Democratic Party
1904-1960: Republican Party
1960-1972: Unaffiliated/Independent
1972-Present: Libertarian Party

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Technically, Michigan is open primary, so you can't register by party.  But this is obviously hypothetical (since Michigan wasn't even a state until 1837), so here goes:

1787-1815: Federalist
1815-1824: Unaffiliated
1824-1833: National Republican
1833-1854: Whig
1854-present: Republican

Factions
1833-1854: Conscience Whig
1854-1877: Radical Republican
1877-1884: Half-Breed
1884-1984: Moderate/Traditional Republican
1984-present: Neoconservative Republican

[Indy Texas]

I don't deal with historical hypotheticals, so I'll just give my actual party ID during my life

Republican (c. early 2000s - 2008)
Independent (2008 - present)

[Goldwater]

1789-1800: Federalist
1800-1824: Jeffersonian Democrat
1824-1848: Jacksonian Democrat
1848-1854: Free Soil Party (although I could see myself supporting Winfield Scott in 1852)
1854-Present: Republican Party (with the except of a few elections)

[Sopranos Republican]

1789-1800: Federalist (Because of regionalism, though I'd probably side quite a deal more with the D-R's)
1800-1824: Democratic-Republican
1824-1848: Democratic
1848-1854: Whig
1854-1912: Republican
1912-1916: Progressive
1916-1924: Republican
1924-1928: Progressive
1928-2000: Democratic
2000-Present: VT Progressive/Democratic (Identify with both, due to Vermont being open primary.)

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

1796 to 1824 Democratic Republican
1828 to 1912 independent
1916 to 1956 Republican
1960 to 1980 independent
1984 to 2008 Republican
2012 to ? Independent

[jaichind]

1796 to 1824 Democratic-Republican
1824 to 1896 Democrat
1896 to 2004 GOP
2004 to ?       Libertarian

[free my dawg]

1854-1896: Republican
1896-1900: Democratic
1900-1912: Republican
1912-1916: Progressive
1916-1924: Socialist
1924-1928: Progressive
1928-1932: Socialist
1932-present: Democratic

[Miles]

I'm probably one of the few people here who would always be a Democrat.

[Rockefeller GOP]

I'm probably one of the few people here who would always be a Democrat.

Except for right now apparently, judging by your avatar!

[H. Ross Peron]

I'm probably one of the few people here who would always be a Democrat.

Even during the Civil War?

[Miles]

I'm probably one of the few people here who would always be a Democrat.

Even during the Civil War?

I mean, there was no Republican Party in Louisiana.