Republican

The Republicans are a political party.
==Background==
A Republican President presiding over a Democratic congress (or visa-versa) is pointless and futile!Narrator (FP1): "Using the ladder on itself is pointless and futile..., "...like using a Democratic President on a Republican congress (or visa-versa)!"
The Republicans do not hold power in Coarsegold, the Democrats run everything in the town.
Pressure from the local conservatives convinced Chester to stop selling sacks of Bachelor's Favourite™ Flour. as they felt he was promoting premarital sacks.
President Lincoln was the Republican President during the Civil War. He was assassinated after the war.
==Behind the scenes==
History and explanation of Republican politics in 1870-1880s.
:After the war, the Republicans continued the Whig tradition of promoting industrial development through high tariffs. The party promoted government activism, primarily to foster economic development. Freedmen and the white, Protestant population of the Northeast comprised their political base. It was during this post-war period that the party became known as the "Grand Old Party", or GOP.
:The party advocated moralistic policies based on evangelical Protestant values. They generally supported restrictions on the sale and use of alcohol and limits on business openings on Sunday. Their support came from the Methodists and Baptists of the Northeast and Midwest and other evangelical sects.
:The party was not without dissent. After the disgrace and scandal of Ulysses Grant’s administration, a group of Republican civil service reformers provoked a revolt in the 1872 election. This issue was kept alive by a group of New York Republicans, known as Mugwumps, who continued to advocate for reform of the civil service patronage system. Grant was not without his supporters, who were known as Stalwarts. A third group, the Half-Breeds, favored moderate reform and the continuation of high tariffs.
:In truth, the parties differed only slightly on the issues in the years after the war. The Republican party, for the most part, favored industrialists, bankers and railroad interests. In fact, more than one scandal during the era arose from corrupt dealings between politicians and railroad barons. Republicans more strongly favored hard money policies and strict laissez-faire economic policies, until public pressure forced the issue of regulation, especially with regard to railroad rates.
:Neither party during this time focused much energy on the increasing problems of debt-burdened farmers and powerless laborers.
Note: Many elements of modern Republican politics have seen little change into present times including the evangelical support of Protestant values in the government and public sphere, and support of industrialists/free market capitalism. But differed in such that Republicans supported higher taxes/tariffs to support northern industrial concerns and to build new factories (big business at the time). Whereas it was the Democrats that tended to lean towards lower taxes (as they had less industry and imported most of their goods) and smaller government (similar to modern libertarians). But some Republicans support lower tariffs/taxes for similar reason they once supported higher tariffs to help businesses grow (whereas Democrats now support higher taxes to fund with social welfare). Corruption technically existed under both parties then and now.
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