At one point in history would you have become a Democrat?

[ButterflyBlood]

Judging from what I've heard of the Whigs, they sounded mostly corrput and incompetant, and have shades of today's Republican party. However the Democrats back then weren't neccesarily better, they were either slavery defenders or overall jerks like Andrew Jackson. I probably would've been an independent.

At the time of the Civil War, I would've been a Republican, and despite the scandals of Grant, I would've stayed one up until 1896. I would've voted for Bryan over that fascist McKinley. After he was killed, I would probably stay in the part as a Teddy Roosevelet Republican and would've voted for him in 1912, but wouldn't come back to the party after he left and we got Coolidge and Harding. I probably would've been a Progressive with LaFollette.

In 1928, I would've voted Smith, and then FDR afterwords. So 1928 is probably when I would really enter the party, but I probably wouldn't think of myself as a Democrat until the New Deal.

[Rowdyboy]

1. I think I would have been a Democrat 1800-1836

Thomas Jefferson-Andy Jackson (who was the first real American populist). Probably would have been a Republican in 1856 with John Fremont-he was one of the greatest presidents America never had. Lincoln in 1860, 1864,Grant in 1868 but by 1876 I would have voted Democrat with Samuel Tilden (D) who won with 51% but had the election stolen by the vote of 1 supreme court justice. How prophetic is that.

As a southernor, I'm sure I would have voted Democratic solidly from then on.

[bluestateguy]

2. I've got to say about 1916

Would have voted for TR in 1912, but for Wilson the next time around, and Democratic after that.