The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in

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The Democratic party in the late nineteenth century had its base in the white South and big-city immigrant machines. The party relied heavily on the support of white Southern voters who were opposed to Reconstruction and sympathetic to the Democratic party's message of white supremacy. In northern cities, the party had the support of immigrant groups who saw it as more sympathetic to their needs than the Republican party.

The Political Base of the Democratic Party in the Late