The Democratic Party, although it had existed from the time of the framing as the Democratic-Republican party, headed more or less by Thomas Jefferson, was reformulated by Andrew Jackson in the 1820s, and its core principles were a deep distrust of cultural or fiscal aristocracy, central government, fiat money and large banks. It was strongly populist, strongly in favor of exploitation of the Western frontier and natural resources generally, and generally strongly racist, with an abiding contempt for Native Americans, foreign immigrants, and blacks.

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The Democratic Party, although it had existed from the time of the framing as the Democratic-Republican party, headed more or less by Thomas Jefferson, was reformulated by Andrew Jackson in the 1820s, and its core principles were a deep distrust of cultural or fiscal aristocracy, central government, fiat money and large banks.  It was strongly populist, strongly in favor of exploitation of the Western frontier and natural resources generally, and generally strongly racist, with an abiding contempt for Native Americans, foreign immigrants, and blacks.

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