Past Party Lines in 3 Letters or Less
FDR = Democrat
It may seem elementary for the middle aged sect, but for those in their 20s or 30s who don’t recall a time in the United States before Ronald Reagan, knowing who was a Democrat or a Republican is anything but a slam dunk for the historically challenged.
While the definition of the party lines have changed over the past century, it is still important to know who was what. If you are reading this, you probably already know that the Bushes and Reagan were Republicans and Clinton was a Democrat. As for the decades before Reagan: Nixon and Eisenhower were Republicans, and Carter, Johnson (LBJ), Kennedy (JFK), Truman, and Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) were Democrats.
One way to remember the important Democratic presidents of the past few generations are those catchy initials – they all belong to Democrats. No one calls Nixon “RMN” or Eisenhower “DDE,” so when you hear a 3-letter initial for a recent president, chances are he was a Democrat. It’s also a good way to separate your Roosevelts. FDR? Democrat. “Teddy” Roosevelt, devoid of a catchy 3-letter nickname? Republican.
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