widely believed to be the birthplace of the Republican Party. "These were people who wanted to form a new party," said Russell Blake, a history professor emeritus at nearby Ripon College.

For although “Democrat party” has been employed for at least seven decades, it has been a shifting signifier. Tracing the history of the phrase helps us understand how the Republican Party has ...

It should end any pretense that the current Republican Party is a serious governing party. As Hannah Arendt wrote in “The Origins of Totalitarianism”: “Total loyalty is possible only when ...

For 70 years, the Republican Party has dominated American politics. Three things that had their origins within the Republican Party have foretold our future: the rise of a personal presidency that ...

Overall, 50% believe the country is on the right track while 45% don’t. Republicans overwhelmingly agree that things are good, at 75%, while most Democrats don’t, at 65%, demonstrating the stark ...

Milwaukee is hosting the 2024 Republican ... away from where the party was born 170 years ago. CBS News Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca looks at the GOP's history. Hurricane Kristy ...

The Republican Party has used the GOP nickname since the 1870s Mark Wilson/Getty The origins of the Republican Party date all the way back to the 19th century. While the political landscape and ...

Given this history, which predates the 1990s by decades ... even if evidence of a wholesale shift of working-class voters to the Republican Party is far from conclusive. Yet more surprising ...

Two years later, the Republican Party held its first national convention ... the Ripon meeting and the Jackson convention in its origin story. By 2011, both events had been wiped from the RNC's ...

The Republican Party was born in Ripon ... Now that the building that witnessed the origin story of the GOP is preserved as a museum, local officials hope RNC delegates will find their way ...

Like the term’s definition, the history of the New Right is slightly different depending on who is asked. However, discontent with the state of the Reagan-style Republican Party began to emerge ...