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Thomas Jefferson was elected to presidency bringing in the eran of democratic domination.
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Andrew Jackson's democratic party includes small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders
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the Republican party is formed attracting former whigs and anti-slavery people.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected presidency starting the civil war and the 75 year republican domination
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the era of democrats started as the republicans faded with the election of the most loved president Franklin d. Roosevelt.
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From this time until present neither party consistently held office and congress is often held by the opposite party