In 1860, Northerners were primarily secularly-minded and the Republicans were the party of big taxes, big government and the sovereignty of the federal government.
Southerners were religious-minded and Democrats were for small government, low taxes, and the sovereignty of the individual states.
Too bad if that doesn't suit your ad hominem attacks against the demoncrats, but many planks of their respective platforms have swapped sides of the aisle since then.
Bttt
+1
factual history doesn’t sell around here. We much prefer the comic book version as expounded by Beck & Dinesh.