The Rise & Fall of Political Parties
American History Hit
History Hit
4.3 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The two party division of the US political system is as evident as ever as we warm up to the 2024 elections. But where does this state of affairs come from?
Don speaks to Michael Barone, political analyst, historian and journalist, to find out more about the history of the Democratic and Republican parties, their forebears, and the possible downfall of political parties.
Michael is author of 'How America’s Political Parties Change (and How They Don’t)'. His new book is ‘Mental Maps of the Founders’.
Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. The year is 1912. |
| 0:35.0 | The year is 1912. |
| 0:39.0 | Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency on a radical platform of farm relief, social insurance, and |
| 0:46.1 | eight-hour work days. |
| 0:48.1 | Roosevelt has already served as president from 1901 to 1908, but now four years later he means to do so again. |
| 0:55.0 | This time running not as the Republican nominee he once was. |
| 1:00.0 | No, Roosevelt has formed his own party, the Progressive Party, known for its mascot, the Bull Moose. |
| 1:08.4 | Come Election Day, November 5, 1912, he garners 27% of a popular vote, enough to make him the most successful |
| 1:16.8 | third-party candidate in U.S. electoral history, although he loses to Wooder Wilson, |
| 1:21.7 | along with his Republican opposition, William Howard Taft. |
| 1:25.6 | But why was this so remarkable, this idea of a third party candidacy, this challenge to the |
| 1:31.8 | two party status quo? Where did the two-party status quo. |
| 1:33.0 | Where did the two-party system even come from in U.S. politics? |
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