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Republican Party (GOP)
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- Abbreviation GOP
- Founder Horace Greeley, John C. Frémont, Francis P. Blair, Edwin D. Morgan, Amos Tuck, Salmon P. Chase
- Founded March 20, 1854; 170 Years Ago (1854-03-20), Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Country USA
- Headquarters 310 First Street SE,Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Ideology Conservatism, Right-wing Populism, Centrism, Christian Right, Libertarianism
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Republican party (GOP) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 12 Feb 2025
Republican Party: A History of Shifting Ideologies The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), emerged in 1854 from anti-slavery factions opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Initially focused on economic reform supporting industry and infrastructure development, the party's early su...
REPUBLICAN PARTY NEWS
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Why Trump won and Kamala Harris lost: The American left-liberal is neither left nor liberal
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How the donkey and elephant came to represent Democrats and Republicans in US politics
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The elephant and donkey were meant to be satirical depictions, popularised by an American political cartoonist.
The Republicans: A party born to fight slavery in America
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What’s vexing Donald Trump now? Kamala Harris’ looks.
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What is Project 2025, and why is Donald Trump distancing himself from it?
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Donald Trump is convicted. Could he still be President of the United States?
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Nikki Haley campaign requests Secret Service after security incidents
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Nikki Haley’s ‘rock’ is watching her campaign from a distance
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Even in his absence, Maj. Michael Haley, a National Guard member serving a voluntary, yearlong deployment in Africa, has played an outsize role in his wife’s increasingly lonely attempt to snatch the Republican nomination from former President Donald Trump.
REPUBLICAN PARTY VIDEOS
George HW Bush: A life in public service
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George HW Bush, part of a new generation of Republicans, was often referred to as the most successful one-term president.
Fire the gun or film the ultrasound? How women running for office define toughness
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The 2018 election cycle in the US has been called “the year of the woman,” but Republican and Democratic female candidates have starkly different takes on what that means.
Republicans and their strained relationship with women
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