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The 19th-century Whigs present an appealing prototype for moderate Democrats seeking a way out of their paralysis and for Republicans impatient with, or horrified by, the Trump ascendancy.

The Whig party was founded in 1834 principally to oppose Andrew Jackson. It supported protective tariffs, a central bank and federally funded infrastructure development.

The Campaign of 1852 left the Whig party overthrown and prostrate. In such a condition of utter political bankruptcy were we, that many gravely insisted we should never "resume," while others ...

By contrast, the Whig Party believed that national progress should come through expansion over time — focusing on internal economic development rather than territorial expansion.

HBO's Bill Maher sounded the alarm on the current state of Democratic Party, warning Democrats may share the same fate as the "Whigs" if they don't embrace deregulation.

This difference became especially pronounced by the 1830s, when a growing divide between Andrew Jackson’s Democratic party and the opposition Whig party came to define the American political debate.

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