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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
While I agree with some of what you say, and disagree immensely with this "jasonhouse" character, I think you are getting Democrat/Republican confused with left/right. The Lincoln Republicans were more liberal than the Democrats of the day.
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The divisions of the parties back then had more to do with states rights vs. federalism and centralization - not really social liberalism or conservatism. The democrats over time, made efforts to appeal to immigrants which is probably why they started to move a little left, but even today, both parties have some social "lefties and righties" in them.