The Republican Party, forged from a coalition of political forces to oppose the advance of slavery in the American west, was created in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in history, March 20 ...

Moderates have been largely squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it would have to start at ...

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery ... Here's a look at what today's Republican Party stands for, and a little history of how it got here.

If you're a Republican — or just interested in the history of one of the ... slavery-minded voters in a new party under the ...

The Republicans are largely associated with conservative values of white supremacy, anti-immigration, anti-abortion etc. At ...

As Democrats attempt to flip the state for a second presidential election, many don’t know that the Democratic Party once dominated politics in Georgia, though in a very different form. For most of ...

According to a CNN report, in early voting, over 78 million voters have already cast their ballots in what will determine ...

Lincoln was morally outraged at the 1854 passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which gave states the right to determine whether to allow slavery. He joined the newly formed Republican Party and ...

which hosted meetings that helped form the Republican Party in 1854. Harris will nod to the history of the traditional party and make appeals to independent and Republican voters, the official said.

As its presidential voting history might suggest ... in Ripon boasts the birthplace of the Republican Party itself, a group organized in 1854 as an anti-slavery party. Shortly thereafter, the ...

Democrats are typically liberal, and Republicans are conservative, with their ideological divide extending across an array of political and social issues.

Wisconsin had an action-packed night of election results Tuesday — and predictably stretched well into Wednesday morning.