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Up to this point, Democrats supported limited government, state sovereignty and slavery, while opposing banks. Following the Civil War, that all changed when Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected into presidency in 1932, came forth with a wealth of government programs called the New Deal. New Deal liberalism meant the regulation of business and the promotion of labour unions, as well as federal spending to aid the unemployed, help distressed farmers and undertake large-scale public works projects. The opponents to the new deal started calling themselves "[[File:Conserv.png]] [[Conservatism|Conservatives]]".
Until the 1980s, the Democrats were divided between two factions: [[File: Lib.png]] [[Liberalism|liberals]] in the North, and [[File:Liberalconservative.png]] conservatives in the South. After Roosevelt's death, these already quite opposing groups grew even more polarized. This eventually led to most conservatives jumping ship to the [[File:RepubUS.png]] Republican Party, thanks in part to the Southern strategy, a republican electoral strategy to increase their white voterbase by promoting
In modern times, the Democratic Party remains with [[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism|social liberalism]], with some more [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|leftist]] [[Left-Wing Populism|factions]] [[File:Lpop.png]] within it. Their most recent victory was the election of [[File:Bidenism.png]] Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States in 2020.
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