Was the 1950s Republican Party today's Democratic Party?

That's not the way to do historical comparison. The zeitgeist, the society, the economy, the US place in the world were different then. One consequence of that was that there were regional wings of each party in the 1950s which overlapped ideologically. read more

No. Think of it this way: Hugh Rodham, Hillary Clinton's suburban Chicagoan postwar WASP curtain salesman father was a Republican in the 1950s. read more

The meme, created by the group Occupy Democrats, summarized a few planks from the 1956 Republican Party platform, followed by the wistful comment, "Share if you miss the good old days!" Here are the seven planks listed in the meme, which to today’s ear sound more like Democratic talking points: 1. read more