... more important than winning elections. Both the Democratic and Republican parties have the same organizational structure. The party structure is divided into permanent and temporary. The former consists of party chairs and party officers at local and state levels and the latter is composed of the primary election and conventions held at local and state level every two years. Each party ... ...

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... to exercise the right to vote."4 It was racism like this that fueled the rise of the Democratic party and eventually ended Reconstruction. As Conservatives (Democrats) gained control of gubernatorial chairs and legislatures in the South, there was little that supporters of Black equality could do to prevent the end of Reconstruction. Southerner ex-slaveholders became obsessed with absolute racism, building ... ...

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