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half-blacktrump 10 points ago +10 / -0

I agree. I will be more specific. Democrat and Federalist were the first parties created after the formation of the constitutional government. Repubs came after breaking from the Dems after the dems beat whigs and feds

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Ameronaut 10 points ago +10 / -0

The first parties were the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists, the eventual evolution of political parties went something like this:

Dem-Reps ---> National Republicans (joined Whigs) + Democrats

Federalists ---> Whigs + some to Dem-Reps ---> Republicans