From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party

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The Democratic Party is the longest-existing political party in the US, and arguably the world. But in its over 180 year existence, it's completed a remarkable ideological and geographic transformation. Originally a staunch defender of Southern slavery, the party now wins the support of most nonwhite voters. Once an advocate of rural interests against coastal elites, the party now draws much of its strength from cities and coastal areas. This video tells the tale of the Democratic Party's origins, its various metamorphoses, and the sources of its strength - and weaknesses - today.
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[@Arian545]

I can't believe how some people get angry at literal facts

[@borcolfasno3749]

um....ok then

[@SASUSERNAME]

Arian hmn yep look at liberals. Can't handle facts

[@newday2310]

thewanderandhiscomp Wowwwwww, did this^^ dumba** really just cite Snopes? What's next, rawstory?? -idiot

[@Arian545]

thewanderandhiscomp Nobody in the republican party seems to believe in climate change, and many of them are anti-vaxxers as well.

[@newday2310]

thewanderandhiscomp Graduated 2nd in my class from Shaw U. Please, educate me a little more on race and racism. -whitebread

[@mintysoldaccount7266]

"the Republican party was unpopular among white southerners" oh how the times have changed

[@mememachine6743]

minty's old account well the democrats are still racist it’s just they want the vote of the black voters and keep them ignorant.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

Mostly because Republicans keep the South prosperous

[@cojo582]

minty's old account no times changing have nothing to do with it,the democratic party changed,your dog whistle about whites says all i need to know about your racist ass.

[@josecarranza7555]

White southerners refused to turn to GOP because they always saw it as the party of Abraham Lincoln that beat them in the civil war. Southerners still don't like Abraham Lincoln.

[@josecarranza7555]

Gabrielia 69 The South is the poorest region in the country.

[@lukastheise1900]

"The republican party was bitterly unpopular among white southeners" is the strangest sentence from todays point of view xD

[@joshuak2810]

How?

[@lil18thletterking77]

@@joshuak2810 I know right...I was looking through the southern state legislatures and in for example the state of GA did not have a republican legislature all the way till 2011..barely 10 years ago

[@kkandsims4612]

I think cuz the parties flipped most northern s are not liberals progressives while the white southern are now conservatives and loyalists and history lovers they started democratic and the north was republican they wanted no slavery and much change now it’s largely the south that’s against it and the north is for change.

[@GSCannon]

The Republicans voted blacks in to congress. The Dems were against it. When the Republican whites aligned with the blacks they were targeted and killed as well. We are all black out of Africa with Eve passing her mitochondrial DNA to all humans alive today.

[@jamesryansaluta3513]

@@lil18thletterking77 Louisiana also has a Democrat governor

[@jeffb8562]

I remember some of this, when history was actually taught in school. Didn’t understand all of it, because politics was left out of it. Scary they are slowly teaching less and less of this

[@dlop3780]

Be careful because the big lie was taught in public schools. The lie that the two political parties switched.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Powered By AWS

[@Febreze99]

😂... They're not teaching it at all.

[@mezoaro]

That is wrong, my history class taught me all about this. Just a week ago we discussed the new deal

[@georgeo7167]

The irony now the Democratic Party want to teach lgbtq agendas

[@noahwiltsie6799]

Let's just pass over how Wilson continued to push anti-Black policies

[@leehongjin6884]

Franklin Roosevelt too for the Red-Lining policy, which affects the US even today.

[@obiwankenobi4252]

And how Wilson indirectly caused the rise of communism and nazism

[@kylewolnik1789]

Wilson also only let women vote after he got the thought that the would re-elect him because he gave them voting rights

[@slimestoneexpert9804]

Kyle Wolnik yeah that’s a good thing

[@slimestoneexpert9804]

Obi Wan how?

[@boatygatling4782]

Half the time Vox is a liberal network, other half it just tries to educate us. This is the time when it tries to educate us about our history, why hate on this video?

[@dimon310192]

because people themselves are biased and have defense mechanisms in place to prevent any challenge to their reality.

[@Ryekenhoshin23]

Perhaps you need to look up the word "Liberal"

[@newday2310]

Boaty Gatling Because you're a complete f**king idiot if you think VOX is educating you. Democrats are still the party of racism and segregation. Minorities didn't elect Obama; Goldman Sacs and Citigroup did, and then they selected his first 31 cabinet appointees. This garbage is just more propaganda for sheltered white snowflakes. #pseudointellectuals

[@janmarkiewicz6246]

u forgot about the hip hop

[@pizza9213]

yeah democrats the racist party... the kkk is republican

[@BosleyBeats]

What’s funny is in the black community we are very aware of this history. And when we were used for votes it was for hope of new opportunities and the tone flipped aligning to a new era of stereotypes and agendas. This is why it’s important to study history and listen to everyone’s voices and how they were affected

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

Yep... and that mostly started with Pres. Johnson, and ever since the left gets and keeps as many Blacks and minorities as possible on the government plantation.

[@gregorymckenzie-moore6621]

You are not "we." I hope YOU have read things about...say Ida B. Wells. Of course... I doubt it.

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

@@gregorymckenzie-moore6621 Obviously he was speaking of people he knows, which isn't you.

[@stivsham]

just put God 1st, and live by his rules, no politician will make your life better, trust me, am 100% sure about that,

[@polyento3535]

@@gregorymckenzie-moore6621 Liberal hurt detected.

[@Arkstromater]

As a white man with a black wife whom I love with all my heart….learning the history of my country gets me a little emotional

[@HardRocker-zc8rr]

Dont feel bad lot democrats owned slaves

[@brendan9218]

It makes me realize how far we have come. We the people united are what we need it's not about race its about what race they are going to use next. Illegal immigrants democrats next catch.

[@dp28784u]

Prager U and Vox should really have a debate on something...

[@brandonchan5620]

Doesn't Prager U have no credibility? I heard that they distort facts, data and generally don't explain history correctly or fully.

[@Jerweh]

who says vox doesn't either how do we know there facts are reliable

[@fattyspapers9102]

Watch some and do your own research. Vox lies in every video as a rule.

[@mingkeng7305]

@@brandonchan5620 so is vox

[@laylamorrison9596]

That would honestly be epic.

[@firstnamelastname7113]

Woodrow Wilson: **exists** Vox: I’m pretend I didn’t see that

[@bradleychandler8512]

@First Name Last Name Precisely. They also left out how only 1 of 21 southern democratic senators ever switched parties. The one who was Biden’s best buddy and mentor.

[@Steph-sb9tc]

Lute Pehin i dont think a lot of people know this...

[@henk-3098]

@@bradleychandler8512 But eventually they died off, and white southerners started to send republican senators to congress instead.

[@bradleychandler8512]

@@henk-3098 Do you think “white southerners” are the same people in 2020 that “white southerners” were in 1820? Do you think every racial or geographical demographic has been completely stagnant for 60 years, or 160 years?

[@kristjanrom9429]

Lol

[@These-nutz]

Didn’t Joe do a eulogy for a klan member?

[@moabshow]

The smartest move the devil made is convincing people he is their friend

[@aumnia]

There is no good party just good people

[@aumnia]

@Don't worry about it Why don't you elaborate

[@sebas.4524]

@Don't worry about it good thing republicans only do good.

[@bab2thebone1]

I agree

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

You can have a better party, which is historically the Republican Party

[@aumnia]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 Well until you count the party switch when Republican policies back then aligned more with the Democratic Party. But once again no good party, just good people.

[@Calikid331]

i always wondered how the parties ended up switching ideoligies and values so much

[@mikejennette8478]

Calikid331 nixons southern strategy sparked it more than the civil rights act

[@andymorejon2am]

It has not mate, democrats are still white supremist in disguise. They just need them minority votes.

[@DanJuega]

Andy Morejon ehhhhh nooooo....

[@Dantewinning]

they didn't I think the democratic party is still racist they just hide it more

[@andymorejon2am]

Dante Cammz exactly

[@JDR8]

If you want to be paid to quit on life and your family and make excuses for not succeeding, vote Democrat.

[@abeIincoIn]

Everybody: wiLSon fRom 120 yeArS aGo wAs rAciSt sO deMonCraATs aRe What they forgot: *Calvin Coolage* and *Barry Goldwater*

[@Skipxl]

Calvin Coolage racist? This has to be a joke post

[@abeIincoIn]

@@Skipxl He signed one of the most racist things ever.

[@arnavthegreat4483]

@@abeIincoIn you were also not a saint you only banned slavery so that it would not hurt white working class

[@abeIincoIn]

@@arnavthegreat4483 only? so if someone banned something where you grab someone out of there country and make them work without pay and get treated like property. yea that's "only" one thing. Also abe freed the slaves not bc the white working class but because the conf. shot first. Did you even do your research?

[@abeIincoIn]

@@arnavthegreat4483 And so I can't disavow racism without being a saint? When did I say I was a saint???

[@r_pqi4355]

Bruh moment in the comments

[@anawilliams1332]

BRUH

[@TrenchTheMenace]

Bruh

[@Raul-ku8fb]

Bruh comments

[@andrew-ql6pi]

Bru

[@KingBoomBox]

EquinoxHD :p Your comment is ironically more useless

[@sidbell2722]

I feel like they've already made this video before

[@schmurble2254]

Sid Bell Nah, that one was about the Republican shift from Lincoln to Trump. This one focuses more on the Democrats.

[@alexanderdavidsonbryan7264]

there was a very similar one about the Republican Party.

[@christianvennemann9008]

Sid Bell They made one about the Republican Party and how they started with Lincoln but ended up with Trump.

[@JayTuberTaken]

They have, but for the Republican Party.

[@vaibhavgupta20]

Sync can you provide the link.

[@sunshinedoesit8272]

Thank you for keeping it real! Real American history 💯.. I will forward this because this was well put and I've been trying to tell many people this for a long time.❤

[@Luke-ms5hn]

You think vox tells “real American history” 😂

[@teddymcminn]

The great switch is nonsense

[@tavenstrickert9658]

Okay can you explain why the south voted Democrat until all of a sudden the south voted exclusively Republican? Is it the fact the South changed or simply that the South changed to the supported?

[@yaboidre5672]

It’s not nonsense. You just can’t accept you’re the exact monster you’re trying to destroy.

[@nowhereman4319]

These two parties have ruined this country

[@nevergetsthejoke3169]

Really have, I wish people voted for the candidate, and not the party

[@williambrewer9069]

@Nowhere Man It's why alot of people don't understand why and how Trump got elected. People are tired of both parties and coincidentally what you said goes over people's heads as they now believe the parties don't like Trump for legitimate reasons, and not just to place blame on the person trying to actually purge the Washington Mafia Machine.

[@user-ge9tm5rr5f]

Bushx2 Nixon and Trump are from the same party

[@dokiiscute]

Hello, based department?

[@aarontactical]

It’s mostly the Democrats

[@MarvinTheMartianQ38]

I still don't know why they took me off the grocery store shelves.

[@arshan6760]

Lol

[@lol-ku1wl]

Maybe the democratic party hasn’t changed. They didn’t like you then and they definitely don’t like you now...

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

Rakist!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@root-beer]

RIP

[@dartagnan9094]

@@polecat3 what's so racist about it

[@Anonymous-pc3qk]

People get so mad about the party switch when it’s been proven time again and again

[@romanrodriguez3643]

Well the dems are still that

[@PickI3s]

What switch they just changed their tactics. Black national anthem as heated on the Super Bowl and even collages have Hispanics only celebration I know cause I have family that participated

[@ismailtheoutlaw]

From white supremacy to Barack Obama to Joe 🅱️iden From Lincoln to Trump to Marjorie Taylor Greene

[@ismailtheoutlaw]

@FedEXfright My sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rate. For the 11% of black people voting Trump statistic, it's the Exit Polling section under the 2020 Presidential Election's wikipedia page.

[@jdamah]

@@ismailtheoutlaw exit polls? Created by the media lol.

[@jdamah]

@@ismailtheoutlaw and the US Bureau should tell you the unemployment rates

[@darkutopia0423]

if that is true why did Trump have a larger share of the Black vote in 2020 than in 2016 ?

[@ismailtheoutlaw]

@@darkutopia0423 What does this have to do with anything, I just said how he is what the GOP has been today? Plus he still lost the black vote 87-12-1 lol (the 1 was for other candidates)

[@starfishprime7721]

I feel like they missed some stuff with Roosevelt and the Japanese

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

TBF there are still racist Democrats today, just not as many as Republicans

[@luigiinfinite5305]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 there are way more racists in the democratic party. They are just racist towards white people.

[@zachi2901]

@@luigiinfinite5305 how are white people being racist towards white people lol

[@luigiinfinite5305]

@@zachi2901 yes that is a thing, if a black person said Whites are Superior to blacks then even though he is black it is racist against blacks. What the democratic party does is it calls all Republican white people white supremacists and treats all blacks and women as victims while white men are the big bads.

[@Hhhhhh-sz9ud]

Luigi Infinite What Democratic official has done that?

[@muskrrat5585]

I feel dislikes in the force.

[@somethingserious2108]

Llama Gaming we all do

[@newday2310]

Llama Gaming Yep, still beating a dead horse. Democrats are still the party of racism and segregation. Minorities didn't elect Obama; Goldman Sacs and Citigroup did, and then they selected his first 31 cabinet appointees. This garbage is just more propaganda for sheltered white snowflakes. #pseudointellectuals

[@BlackStarrSoul]

Kyle H. Your comment made me laugh. Your profile picture is a picture of a racist-ass team. What race and gender are you?

[@negsen4817]

How? It seems pretty historical to me

[@elidoubleday8080]

Llama Gaming if it was negative toward Republicans it would have more

[@PikachuPromo]

The Democratic Party never changed at all.

[@earlycuyler9760]

“I’ll have those (omitted) voting democrat for 100 years” LBJ

[@thatsjustmygame5148]

I've always wondered where the donkey for the democratic party originated from. You learn something new everyday

[@jdamah]

It represents the intelligence of Democrats

[@ronmc1677]

@@jdamah Ha! Good one

[@jdamah]

@@fernandocarloto2291 elephants are smarter than donkeys

[@HP0134]

@@jdamah That doesn’t apply in real life though!

[@Tokomi]

@@HP0134 really does, whole world is pretty much under democrat/liberal control and its been getting nothing but worse. Then you all conveniently blame covid and fear mongered a flu like virus kept lockdowns going but let big business run. Yeah it does apply to real life. A bit too much sadly

[@joshuafay5975]

Literally skipped over 50 years. 1950s to 2000.

[@matthewarnold4557]

You're right, I'm very interested in the Johnson and Goldwater era

[@davilimalol4612]

4:02 until like, the end of the video? They didn't brush over that.

[@naysaynetwork5271]

Democrats don’t read. Y’all read the headline and develop an opinion.

[@michaelgarybell2010]

The civil rights act of 1964 occurred in 1964 an important fact that was highlighted because it demonstrated 4:30 how "segregated" the democrats were on civil rights. The anti-civil rights democrats would become known as "dixie-crats" and ultimately republicans.

[@RangeMasaca]

A J Lincoln was racist too. You should go look up some of his views. He didn’t even want to abolish slavery if he didn’t have to, he just didn’t want it to expand into new states. 🥴 All this proves to black people like me is that white Americans, regardless of party, have by and large been racist for the majority of this country’s history. Only white people care about dunking on each other over transitory party platforms.

[@UnknownHuman94]

Now its become woke supremacy

[@tavenstrickert9658]

Can you even define what that means?

[@CocaCola_1202]

I mean the republicans and democrats basically switched sides.

[@LarryBonson]

They never switched sides because democrats offer nothing a conservative would want.

[@CocaCola_1202]

They literally switched sides

[@johnweber4577]

Depends on what you mean and who you ask. Lol

[@johnsusedik8363]

Actually the Parties never switched The democrats today are the Same Confederates of our Nations Past and Andrew Jackson Founded the Republican Party

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

Awww come on you didn't mention John F Kennedy or Lyndon Johnson! They're entire reason the south went Republican!! (they did temporarily go back once for Carter, but that's just because of Nixon's folly)

[@AngryKittens]

Yeah, they omitted the Dixiecrat part and just glossed over how massive the issue of desegregation really was in post-WW2 US.

[@Cyber-TruckLive]

thetick532

[@plzfixwolves955]

thetick532 because he was from the South and also they weren't happy with George H.W Bush.

[@robinsss]

and no mention of McGovern or the DLCIt's incomplete without them

[@samlipton7872]

Super late comment, but if you check out their video on the history of Republicans, they go over this in more detail.

[@ethantaylor9613]

I do think it’s important to note that despite how terrible Jackson was in most respect he did remove the property requirement from the vote.

[@ivanpcr6732]

for white men only*

[@temper1337]

@@ivanpcr6732 What he did was still a step in the right direction. Otherwise when black people were finally able to vote, they wouldn't be able to do it because they weren't property owners. Jackson also fought against banks and against the electoral college. He is considered by historians to be "the people's president" for a reason, not the "white man's president". Read up a bit on history and you will see that it is not black and white as you think it is. Abraham Lincoln for example proposed that blacks should be sent back to africa.

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

He also removed the National debt for two years

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

@@kevindebruyne4814 comparing hitler and Jackson is a not a good comparison

[@adawm]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 I agree with you but I see his point, both were horrible men in history who had full hate and discrimination. You don't have to have a brain to hate Hitler, but it doesn't make sense to me why there are still so many Americans who like Andrew Jackson. He may have done little good for our democracy, but it was only in spite because he lost the election to John Quincy Adams.

[@oscarlara124]

The party is still the same. It’s now against social class and wealth distribution

[@Chunographx]

They still operate the same way 2023

[@SuperEman500]

0:38 can’t argue with that.

[@JakeDavis-bj9xs]

I wish

[@Chunographx]

@@JakeDavis-bj9xs come on Jake Paul

[@JakeDavis-bj9xs]

@@Chunographx What?

[@awesomepeter2166]

"The Republican Party was bitterly unpopular among white southerners." Ohh how things have changed

[@ericclaeyborn8359]

The same people don't live in the south or the north because they have all died. So naturally, they aren't the same. Opinions do change.

[@robesterd8132]

@@ericclaeyborn8359 LOL pretty sure the whole white southern racist thing hasn't changed.

[@devioustea]

@@robesterd8132 I haven't seen any white racist. Only a bunch of blacks being racist.

[@josecarranza7555]

@@godswatching2863 What do you think of the confederate flag?

[@tannermoorehead1536]

@@josecarranza7555 The confederate flag doesn't mean "I love slavery." Do your research and stop listening to your gender studies professor. No, I don't agree with slavery, but the confederate flag was based off of states rights not slavery. Thats what the left tries to put into people's brains. Slavery was a democratic ideology not republican

[@ZaidKhan-dc4wo]

Democrats be like: we were bad but now we are good. Hahaaha

[@mojojoji5493]

Republicans be like :we were good but......

[@ryanskalman7725]

If you're referring to the big switch it was a lie the parties are still the same just with a different platform the core philosophies remain the same

[@geekyradical4985]

@@ryanskalman7725 Oh yeah, that must be why the Democratic Party made Barack Obama its nominee and why Donald Trump who's essentially become the Republican Party empathizes with and is as popular as he is among white supremacists.

[@KeshawnPro2016]

democrats underwent a face turn

[@tablo1394]

Ryan Skalman both parties support big government, they always have. Just their stances on small issues have reversed.

[@TheCr0wing]

I wouldn't say they switched, they just changed. Neither were representative of what they are today

[@turbokid8719]

Well the party did not have any shift they just changed their methods…🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tbphillips9649]

No they changed so did the republicans

[@turbokid8719]

@@tbphillips9649 no they did not they changed their method’s.🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ulyssesglemao6783]

@@turbokid8719 like what?

[@LarryBonson]

@@ulyssesglemao6783 Like bigotry of low expectations.

[@MagicalBread]

That’s factually incorrect. The Democrats are not longer racist, pro-slavery bigots for example. That seems like a pretty big shift to me! And the Republicans are no longer pro-democracy and anti-racist! That’s also a pretty big shift as well!

[@geekyradical4985]

Eleanor Roosevelt also played a pretty significant role in the transition with her support of civil rights which caused the Democratic Party to gain African American votes.

[@jamellfoster6029]

So true. She was instrumental in changing the Democratic party to one that champions Civil Rights...

[@r.d.9399]

It was all for votes. They never did anything to help black people. Look at the large majority of their communities today. Underfunded, bad education, terrible infrastructure, gang violence and broken families all because of democrat policies.

[@geekyradical4985]

@@r.d.9399 While the Democratic Party may be less open about their racism than the Republican Party, the truth is neither party is truly willing to fight capitalist exploitation-the root cause of economic inequality between black Americans and white Americans.

[@gdiaz8827]

@@jamellfoster6029 really which cities controlled by Democrats have been successful in combating racism and poverty

[@shaft9000]

Innit odd how Minneapolis is a D city, and that's where Floyd died. Innit odd how Chicago had over 150 people shot in a single weekend - the same weekend after Floyd died - and is run by Democrats. (Don't mind me...just noticing a thing or two.)

[@mrlearningscholar4078]

I am a liberal Democrat and I acknowledge the parties history

[@malikjohnson4772]

Good

[@drexel4290]

Funny seeing as your party was originally the liberal republican party 😂😂😂

[@BlitzzOrAnt]

@@drexel4290 and I've been democracy since my family went to America

[@BlitzzOrAnt]

@@drexel4290 and they were pilgrams

[@drexel4290]

@@BlitzzOrAnt were not a democracy though we're a republic

[@nev707]

The US needs more parties in the Congress and Senate. These other parties might also soak up some of the extreme fringes, who at the moment join the two major parties.

[@robertocaingarcia7486]

The Republican party was founded by 150 black man in Houston Texas

[@SweetjamesjonesII]

They never changed they just switched their strategy

[@geekyradical4985]

Well, at least they're no longer the more racist party in the US.

[@ManuelPerez-ef2ym]

@@geekyradical4985 they switched strategy, not ideology silly

[@geekyradical4985]

@@ManuelPerez-ef2ym Yeah, a racist political party would definitely make Barack Obama its nominee.

[@ManuelPerez-ef2ym]

@@geekyradical4985 yes. Look at all the progressive racial work that obama did... the black community is disappointed in the sweet nothing that Obama turned out to be for 8years.

[@geekyradical4985]

@@ManuelPerez-ef2ym Obama sure accomplished a lot. He ended the war in Iraq and gave the order that led to Osama Bin Laden's death. He also signed the Affordable Care Act in 2011. The point is that if the Democratic Party didn't change since the 1800s, it wouldn't have gone from the party of slavery and white supremacy to the party that nominated the first African American US President.

[@daborinkid7279]

why are people mad over facts? what ever happened to facts over feelings?

[@last2first167]

As a Hispanic I believe Hispanics are transitioning to Republican since last year.

[@daborinkid7279]

Last2First 1 yeah but since the black lives matter thing happened and since trump has handled COVID 19 poorly alot of people have moved back to the democratic party

[@last2first167]

@@daborinkid7279 All people I know who was Democrat hasn't moved back LOL. Black Lives Matter made it worse because they demonize a lot of churches and made riots. I use to hate trump when he got elected but I realized Republican are Pro God and I agree with most of the stuff they speech. I agree with the part you said Trump handled the pandemic badly I give you that.

[@daborinkid7279]

Last2First 1 yeah thats the people you know, alot of people i know from across the country switched parties bc of blm, (not saying BLM accomplished anything just saying that alot of people support it)

[@last2first167]

@@daborinkid7279 I live in California a (Blue State) over here they have mixed parties now weird because they would always be on the Demo side. Alot of people supporting BLM is a sign how evil will over take and disguise itself as Heroic, Black lives do matter also Every life Jesus brought us here.

[@delectablemimi]

The parties did not flip, they came together behind closed doors and became a uni-party without most of their citizens realizing it happened.

[@josecarranza7555]

They did flip in the 60’s. South is GOP now.

[@RomanII499]

Democrats are not conservatives anymore lol they definitely flipped

[@monarchsmarttv]

Democrat Party Will Always Remain a racist Party they just more smoother with it

[@ruiningwang1644]

Thank you for these two videos! I think they show perfectly how meaningless partisanship is. There is really no such thing as a Democrat or a Republican. Political parties are defined at each moment by their leadership, their voter base, and other key actors they want to draw support from. Maybe we need to recognize that we all want the same thing: a safe humane and thriving environment in which to live and prosper. We might focus on different issues but we have to recognize that the concerns on the other side are just as real. And we might disagree on the methods but on what basis should we start hating and feeling disgust toward each other? Before it's too late we need to re-learn to feel empathy toward the people we strongly disagree with.

[@wes4522]

One is racist and lies and the other wants to help the country?

[@TheJoseG]

@@wes4522 which is which?

[@TheJoseG]

Well put Rui

[@godjhaka7376]

We don't all want that. Democrats and Republicans want wealth for themselves so they take money from corporations, keep all other races beneath them in the name of white supremacy

[@orkkojit]

@@wes4522 partisan

[@topherkrock]

Woodrow Wilson is the hero you chose? Here's something this facetious film won't tell you: "During Wilson's term, segregation was ordered in the Washington offices of the Navy, the Treasury, and the Postmaster General, and photographs became required for all new federal job applicants. After black leaders pressed him, President Wilson explained he was trying to 'reduce friction,' and that he 'sincerely believe[d] it to be in their interest.' Under Wilson, racial segregation was quickly implemented at the Post Office Department, and many African-American employees were downgraded and even fired. Employees who were downgraded were transferred to the dead letter office, where they did not interact with the public. The few African Americans who remained at the main post offices were put to work behind screens, out of customers' sight." #LearnHistory

[@kenneth9452]

@Jesus Christ It was the Democrats who implemented the trail of tears, it was the Democrats who put millions of innocent Japanese American citizens in concentration camps, it was the Democrats who advocated for Eugenics.

[@g.a.b.e7085]

@@blessedbybelldandy3765 preach!!

[@daveyjones3016]

@Jesus Christ amen

[@gibransaliba8801]

The Democrats protected slavery thinking they did blacks a favor. Woodrow Wilson thought he was protecting blacks from white people when he allowed Jim Crow. The Democrats will always hurt black people unintentionally

[@joshuasmith6668]

@@gibransaliba8801 it is completely intentional, how is keeping them as slaves helping them you fucktard

[@daddyfoskett6928]

and they say republicans are racist

[@user-qd3lc7zb6n]

I mean the confederates are voting republican so

[@Backpfeifengesicht45]

Republicans: The Democrats were the racists.. Democrats: OK. Let us take OUR statues down then. Republicans: You can't do that. That's our heritage.

[@tibodeclercq2131]

Yes, good one

[@MylesKillis]

Democrats: Okay to make up for our past racism let’s pretend that history didn’t happen by destroying things that remind people of it. Republicans: Life isn’t that simple. Hence why we think you should keep them as reminders of our troubled complicated past. Yes this will embolden some racist. But it’s not governments job to deal with social issues. That’s the job of the individual citizen.

[@Hir655]

The statues are history, if you deny the stories, you are condemned to repeat it, it is best to teach it so that it does not happen again, the Republicans are right, there is

[@tibodeclercq2131]

@@Hir655 So we need statues of evil people so we know ourselves not to be evil? And , as you claim, statues are the only way to prevent worse? Bro, if you educate yourself which organization build these statues and the reason why, you will find out it is not to learn from history.

[@Backpfeifengesicht45]

@@Hir655 ah yes. I remember in history class, when we used to just travel from place to place just silently staring at statues. Do you think the Germans have forgotten their history because they destroyed their WW2 era statues? As excuses go for you wanting to memorialise traitors and racists, yours isn't a great one. Got any better ones?

[@musicaddict4214]

If you're scrolling through the comments and don't see horrible comments, go to the recent section

[@jamesmorrison4598]

Thanks for making me do that

[@c.i.a.932]

D Lenon newest first

[@user-es3dr5xk8f]

*c e n s o r*

[@Old_Hickory_Jackson]

Thanks

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

I’ll do it

[@parkerlarson6692]

This states the right facts just not all the facts

[@christopherjones9536]

Looks like you didn't listen.

[@louisfoley6955]

Tell me some of the facts they were missing. Besides FDR and the Japanese. Repubs would've done a similar thing.

[@morganmarsh1276]

@@louisfoley6955 but Republicans gave them their money and released them...

[@Evili555]

@@louisfoley6955 nah republicans wouldn’t have done it because republicans don’t believe in big government

[@NT-gu8ql]

@@Evili555 No, republicans are big government too. Just look at the federal budget deficit under Donald Trump.

[@financial_age]

What an amazing job on the edit!

[@tayar3797]

i love youtube comment politics, nothing more unhinged, intolerant, and vibrantly brutish. AND USELESS

[@coolmdj111]

Hey *+Vox*... These videos have major effin' quality! Makes me think that the resources you use to show the data *visually* may not be that big of a deal to acquire in general, as much as I'd imagined. More so, the portrayal of that data is appealing to watch and I *want to* keep my eyes on the screen for it. Kudos to the guy who made the video. Although I sometimes *cringe* upon some of the voiceovers you have when they don't always pronounce their consonants completely. I hope you can change that... Other than that, I really like watching what you guys make and "thumbing up" when I can.

[@Vox]

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you like the videos. Sorry my voice over makes you cringe. -Johnny

[@pizza9213]

Vox can you make more videos like these, I prefer them.

[@theharristrain]

wow. this does not belong in the youtube comments section. you can't be nice. you need to be angry and racist and swear at people who disagree with you. get out

[@newday2310]

Mak Shethiya God forbid I hope you don't go off and quote any of this bullsh** to real black intellectuals (and not the Leftcoast/N.East -pseudo variety). You'll look like a total dumba**.

[@pedromaxadinho]

Ikr? And sometimes he vocalizes too much, like, it's too much air coming out

[@shinypinecone]

Sadly the Democratic party is becoming more corporate than anything else. we need to prevent this by voting for candidates such as Bernie and Elizabeth Warren. Edit: Looks like being Corporate just cost Hillary the election...i'm both frightened and oddly satisfied to see her lose.

[@danielsingh789]

shinypinecone agreed, but so is the republican party. there should be a change in the political system as a whole. they all are corrupt and the only thing that can really stop someone is a lack of money for funding.

[@themasstermwahahahah]

shinypinecone But they are not running, so we should vote for the next best thing, Hillary

[@calebh.9996]

Or stein, who is running currently.

[@kierasher1]

We did. Tons of us voted for Bernie and our voices were heard. The DNC platform has changed to include a lot of what we want, and we are not stopping there. We are going after local and senate races, and will keep bringing a storm of new and young voices to primaries to ensure that our desires are met over big money. If they want to keep that vote, they are going to have to remove a lot of the money from politics because that money will be used against them for having to listen to their voters.

[@danielsingh789]

Kier Simmons love what u r saying, agree with ur thoughts but not enough is happening to stop this.

[@b.wright1597]

The irony of joe b calling the other party “racist” shouldn’t be lost on anyone here

[@pe-peron8441]

But he's right

[@davidnealboomker6828]

Especially with is own history of making racist statements and his leadership in creating the crime bill in the 90's that has resulted in mass incarceration of African American men.

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

@@pe-peron8441 Biden if I pay the money my friend

[@dunkenbarger4865]

I don’t believe a political party can ever loose it’s racist past.

[@alexoxo1]

thats why republicans are the only ones that still have confederate flags everywhere

[@bug688]

I mean yeah the past is unchangeable but the present and future can change

[@josecarranza7555]

It was more of the South than a party. The South still have confederate flags and monuments and some southern states have confederate holidays.

[@jamiegomez162]

Hey, is never late to change your values and standards. Is not the a party to blame is the ppl.

[@ryanskalman7725]

Actually no the party is still the same if you look at both of the Parties core philosophies in 1860 and now they are practically identical

[@torikens7797]

@@ryanskalman7725 hummm NO

[@kingvolt8694]

Torikens um YES

[@kingvolt8694]

Arturo Carrillo if you’re here illegally then I agree. Go back. If you’re here legally then nah stay. Democrats are the most racist to me.

[@dougbutcher4452]

They never changed their values, just their tactics.

[@desertshadow72]

They're still obsessed with race

[@geekyradical4985]

Well, what do you mean? The Democratic Party in the US has overwhelmingly the most support from minorities and nominated the first African American US President.

[@fadli_1577]

@@geekyradical4985 obama mother was white

[@geekyradical4985]

@@fadli_1577 So what? Doesn't that help my point?

[@therambler3713]

@@geekyradical4985 Racism doesn't just come from white people. It can come from anyone. So it doesn't matter how diverse the Democrats are.

[@geekyradical4985]

@@therambler3713 Well, it's not like there aren't white Democrats. The Democratic Presidential nominee's white, just as the Vice Presidential nominee isn't.

[@chadrack47]

The parties never switched sides.

[@ffferdinanddd]

They literally haven’t changed, like at all

[@ericcardenas702]

I’m just here for the comments.

[@under3089]

Eric Cardenas lol

[@chatnoir1579]

Yeah me too bud XD

[@arvindhmani06]

I'm just here so I don't get fined.

[@KDH-br6hy]

Why

[@scrizvevo7660]

Hahahaha yup!!

[@amoltandon2900]

The amount of baseless comments that "you liberals are like this" and "you conservatives are like that" is sheer stupidity and the cause of the internal problems we face as a nation today.

[@Emmatriaaa]

And I’m here for those comments. They’re hilarious to read, seeing how people who clearly haven’t mentally matured are still seeing politics as a form of “bad guys vs good guys.”

[@manmadehighlights5648]

2 years later and this comment still stands

[@PappyP]

Imagine telling Lincoln that the we had a black president and it was in the democratic party

[@lomax7871]

Absolutely nothing has changed in democrats

[@ada636]

Learning about this right now in AP US History! I love how that and this video coincide perfectly with the election. Thank you for helping our understanding.

[@jaitomar5567]

it hasnt been 6 minutes and there are already dislikes. just shows how many people click on videos just to press dislike.

[@vgames89]

A note to the people saying things like "if Democrats knew their history they'd switch parties." No. I am very well aware of the history of the Democrats, yet I don't plan on switching parties. That's because what the Democrats did all those years ago is now irrelevant. Agendas change, and changes are usually more important. People in Germany are well aware of the atrocities committed by their country during WW2, yet I don't see them changing their citizenship. Focusing too much on the past doesn't help solve our current problems.

[@daltoncampbell887]

vgames89 if you knew about the present you would switch parties lol. Democrats are a mess rn

[@PKMNFan4664]

@@daltoncampbell887 I'm not sure why you say that, any party that wants me to be married makes me happy...

[@MrGreen-fi5sg]

Still racists.

[@ZBisson]

?

[@MrGreen-fi5sg]

@@ZBisson You heard me.

[@erike3024]

"The party completely flipped." One of the biggest lies ever told in history.

[@naithngr81-jh2bb]

In the South it did. The South was all Democrat (except for the "lily whites" in Texas) and now it's just about all Republican

[@jobiden2942]

The party's flipped in their "position" on the right/left political spectrum but geographically changed from a north/south to urban/rural geographic divide.

[@RomanII499]

I'm pretty sure Democrats are not conservatives anymore lol

[@jamesburgess2k]

I just realized how much Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump had in common.

[@henrychuoke785]

Ya because all of the indians he mistreated were here illegaĺy and commiting felons...

[@RiotHouseLP]

Actually if you're going to draw a distinction between a President and Trump, Republican Eisenhower would fit better than the Democrat Andrew Jackson.

[@vexingrabbit1824]

Not even close. The closest thing to Trump would be JFK because their actions and views are the same, almost mirror image.

[@moonrunner8791]

Yea they're both great. 🇺🇸

[@aresgodofwar2336]

Zero Human bad comparison take jfk out of this ,jfk wants equality Also trump moves out immigrants Jackson moves out native American from their own land

[@nathanpratt3058]

I dont support the Democratic party... Imma Republican

[@Holly7500]

Ok, Nate.

[@thetecno5800]

Cool as a Democrat I respect your opinion

[@nathanpratt3058]

Very respectful 👌👌👍👍 Thx fo understanding different opinions

[@mateojames3231]

TheTecno me too.

[@masonburgess1599]

Stay that way and it will be appreciated by many

[@ed_cmntonly]

its insanely funny how the democrats and republicans literally switched ideologies

[@bill5206]

They never switched. They just got smarter to keep their Indentured people!

[@Steven-gs8oh]

How about each side just stop calling each other Racists? Democrats tell Republicans they are racist and Republicans tell Democrats they are racist. It doesn’t matter who is right. Let’s just stop with the hate. This country has too much hate. Hate towards Trump supporters, hate towards cops, hate towards blacks AND whites. Stop with the hate and try being loving, even to those you hate. And don’t call others out for hate because that will make them hate more.

[@KrysKu07]

So true but I dont have hate towards trump supporters, I have hate towards trump

[@OliveAbyss75719]

“They hated Jesus because he told them the truth”

[@tientrinh943]

They are not far from going back to segregation

[@damonledford3940]

Please explain

[@geekyradical4985]

@Ricardo Milos What do you mean? The Democratic Party has overwhelmingly the most support from minorities and it nominated the first African American US President.

[@scientificfact4050]

Well the new “Black national anthem” is a prime example because they are separating Americans by race when in actuality it’s a nationality so there is no need for racial specifics.

[@scientificfact4050]

The Keeper of the High Ground I get what your saying but I have no problems with the song itself I have a problem with it Being dubbed as a race specific national anthem

[@wserthmar8908]

Awesome

[@mattheweuqnicurzeid7154]

oh the irony....

[@DixiecratDemocrat]

Black America WAKE UP!

[@tavenstrickert9658]

Your name is dixiecrat. What are they waking up to?

[@DixiecratDemocrat]

@@tavenstrickert9658 The racist Democrat party

[@Hir655]

​@@DixiecratDemocratThe Republican Party also needs 2 new parties in the US.

[@EvilSadist]

@@DixiecratDemocratracists support today’s republicans

[@justinmceachern4953]

​@EvilSadist the racist have always been democrats.

[@JR7noir]

Abraham Lincoln>every southern

[@JR7noir]

@Awesome Sauce yeah, the Democrat Party has now the left inside.

[@newfielass40]

@Awesome Sauce Republican party was formed in 1854 as the anti-slavery party it has fought for the blacks every step of the way from abolition of slavery, to right to vote, to civil rights. Even MLK was a card carrying republican. Under trump precovid unemployment numbers were lowest across all ethnic groups.

[@geekyradical4985]

@@newfielass40 What do you mean? Martin Luther King Jr vocally endorsed and worked pretty closely with Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat. He also said he voted for him in 1964.

[@geekyradical4985]

@Awesome Sauce The Democratic Party in the US is now center-right. If it were 'far left' or even left wing, it would have far more support for universal health care and there wouldn't have been nearly as much opposition within it ( including from the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden ) to Bernie's policies. It's just generally too willing to compromise to the status quo.

[@geekyradical4985]

@Awesome Sauce How could he have been a Republican if he supported the Democratic President? What's your source?

[@Gabowsk]

Vox: **literally expresses historical facts** Americans: And I took that personally.

[@lizadonrex]

Expresses some facts as they pleased

[@justinnamuco9096]

**And omits the most important ones**

[@jakeweberzwier8655]

Like how the democrats are still the party of racism

[@jamesmartin6750]

@@jakeweberzwier8655 How is the Democratic Party still the racist party? Are you even paying attention to modern politics?

[@jakeweberzwier8655]

@@jamesmartin6750 have you? Do you think all these identity politics placing people into categories of society based on race and racial radicalization of America's history in public education is not at all racist? I notice democrats talk a lot more about racism than republicans. Republicans have always been the party of antiracism

[@timothyhoytbsme]

Southern mentality has not changed. Only its name.

[@dylanlollar6045]

Oh how the tables have turned...

[@mememachine6743]

Dylan Lollar oh how naive

[@BarbaraCerda]

I think the scariest part about this content is the more things change the more they stay the same....we don't seem to learn. The distraction of demonizing the "other" still works when you want to engineer more or maintain unequal power

[@josepreciadocortes8224]

Every 4 years like clockwork

[@kingchakaentdeux5812]

People don’t understand history and how things change and they attach themselves to cherry picked facts

[@redpilllense7125]

I'm a Mexican American and have walked away from the democratic party because of these facts 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

Republicans literally wish u weren't here

[@mostlysunny582]

@@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0 the illegal ones. Oops did that fact went against your narrative?

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

@@mostlysunny582 literally not what my comment says

[@MeetThaNewDealer]

Bernie Sanders could have brought the democratic party back to its progressive roots.

[@anthonydepaz5181]

Lord Luke Lightbringer we don't need a socialist in office

[@jamelmacon1130]

Bernie sanders was an idiot with no actual plan for this country look at any interview were he is asked how is going to make his policies able to exist.

[@josephtedros2089]

He has said how multiple times.

[@josephtedros2089]

He's a social Democrat, judge policies, not names. We don't need crony capitalism. Social Democracy is a democracy with social benefits.

[@jamelmacon1130]

Joseph Tedros Before you make this arguement (and I know you will) the reason Hillary was favored by the DNC was because she has raised billions of dollars for the democratic party Bernie wasn't even voting on democratic laws in the senate also if you look at his voting record he was very anti gun laws. And I don't think we need socialism in this country look how it worked out for Greece.

[@pamelacardoso748]

This video should definitely be expanded to contain policies that came along

[@dwaynetherock4716]

Hello i'll like to know more about you......

[@nittygritty5251]

Gordon Ramsay: You f*****g donkey Andrew Jackson: Yes chef, sorry chef *APPLIES DONKEY AS DEMOCRAT SYMBOL*

[@melvinmcdoogle515]

The party didn't change just there tactics

[@MrGscp]

democrats changed from right to left and republicans changed from Lincoln to Trump

[@geekyradical4985]

Yep.

[@PixelGunZodiac]

Dems are still sorta right wing

[@ismailtheoutlaw]

@@PixelGunZodiac You're not totally wrong but they are closer to liberalism while todays gop is further right

[@anakinskywalker9129]

@@PixelGunZodiac in europe democrats wouldnt even exist cause of the normality of left leaning in other countries

[@mike_404]

@@anakinskywalker9129 turkey?

[@dougbutcher4452]

They never changed their values, just their tactics.

[@geekyradical4985]

What do you mean? The Democratic Party in the US now has overwhelmingly the most support from minorities and nominated the first African American US President. Didn't you watch the video?

[@dougbutcher4452]

@@geekyradical4985 if you care so much about what videos say then watch one with an opposing view point.

[@geekyradical4985]

@@dougbutcher4452 Well, then it wouldn't be telling the truth, would it?

[@dougbutcher4452]

@@geekyradical4985 you've made your mind up then. I hear ignorance is bliss..

[@geekyradical4985]

@@dougbutcher4452 I just explained how the party changed. You didn't give any response to the points I made.

[@thehulk1177]

I'm 43 years old and very fortunate to now how to open a book and learn for myself. I love how the “Vox” is trying to educate others but this was kind of from an appeasement side. I have heard from others around my age group schools would never touch on certain topics at all. Being born and raised in Sc learning about the Swap Fox and Wig parties is a must. However, Strom Thurman a native of SC was the reason for the parties shift. In 1948, Democratic Party wanted to desegregate the military by Executive Order 9981 among other things. That's when the group split and became the “States Right Party” which is known as the Dixie Crats” under Sen. Strom Thurman control. Later he would re line the parties as he took over the republican support around 1964

[@JohnDoe003]

Strom Thurman is the only anti civil rights Democrat who later joined the Republican Party but it was only after he apologized for his racism and denouncd his actions. And of course it didn't stop Joe Biden from giving his eulogy.

[@israelquito3072]

THANKS FOR THE INFO!!👍👍👍👍

[@gwmcdonalds]

I just looked at the newest page, i regret having my soul taken away.

[@corycenter7151]

Love how you skipped over what Democrats opposes in in the 50’s and 60’s

[@danielblatzanich2714]

why do you love it also yah American politics is very racist, you don't have to go back far to find it, regardless of party. So I don't worry about party! I form my own ideals and policy goals and then vote for whoever represents those best.

[@corycenter7151]

@@danielblatzanich2714 nice

[@ericpalacios920]

I will tell you exactly what happened: *Conservative Southern members of both parties opposed the civil rights act* A bigger percentage of Northern Democrats supported civil rights than Northern Republicans . More Southern Democrats (the traditionally racist wing of the party) supported civil rights than Southern Republicans. *N. Dem - 93% support * *S. Dem - 6% support * *N. Rep - 85% support * *S. Rep - 0% support * All the racist filibustering Democrats were from the South. The only reason why more Republicans supported the civil rights bill overall was because they dominated the North at the time, the less racist region. Their percentage, when not broken down by region, is only higher due to sheer numbers. Now the Northern Liberal Democratic wing is basically the only surviving wing. 93% of them supported Civil Rights. 0% of Southern Republicans supported civil rights.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

@@ericpalacios920 Well-detailed info, though I just want to add that there were very few Southern Republican politicians, from what I've heard anyways, prior to the Civil Rights era. If anything, these Southern Republicans, whether they were part of the leftover African-American community after the Great Migrations to the North, or the descendants of the Northern "carpetbaggers" from the Reconstruction era, were most likely either eradicated or were forced to vote Democrat, due to the real threats imposed by the Southern-Democratic majority and by of course, Jim Crow laws. Even white Americans were unsafe from this mostly black-population-directed threat, who were just as likely to be punished or shunned if they were discovered to be friendly towards their African-American neighbors.

[@MikeBNumba6]

@@ericpalacios920 ughhhhh this so confusing. Because you have racist on both sides. I like your comment, but I'm still confused. So which party is more racists? Based off my findings I say as of today its the republicans. Democrats at least have far more diversity in their leadership.

[@cedarroserubywillow4126]

I just want the truth, no matter the cost!

[@bobbywayneweeks595]

They never change their still the same just different tactics

[@dominicdaiute4479]

Teddy Roosevelt was the first progressive president who was a republican when he won the presidency