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The GOP's Shift Into the 'Party of the People'

A wounded veteran holds a hat signed by President Donald Trump while visiting the White House on April 23, 2025. (Getty Images)

By    |   Tuesday, 31 March 2026 07:55 AM EDT

For half a century, Democrats wore the "party of the people" label like a birthright. They spoke the language of the shop floor, the union hall, the church basement fish fry.

Republicans, meanwhile, were cast as the party of country clubs and corporate boardrooms.

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