Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.What the GOP are in reality is collaborators. We have not had two political parties in a good while.
— Communist goal #15
What? Mashed potatoes with no gravy?
Democratic-Republican Party (in part)
Following the election, the Democratic-Republicans split into two groups: the National Republicans, who became the nucleus of the Whig Party in the 1830s, were led by Adams and Clay, while the Democratic-Republicans were organized by Martin Van Buren, the future eighth president (1837–41), and led by Jackson.