The major issue in the era of the democrats between 1800-1860 was slavery and high tariffs.
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The easiest i can put this is the North was the Republicans and the South was the Democrats. And the Whig party didnt exist anymore, it eventualy formed into the Republican party as seen above.
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It made slavery a central issue. It split the party into two factions.
Members of the Whig Party were divided on the subject of slavery. This led to the end of the party in the middle of the 19th century.
President Nixon campaigned on a platform of ending the Vietnam War, and the Congressional cutoff of funding for combat troops occurred a year before Ford became President. It was already clear that the victory of the North Vietnamese was inevitable, so it really wasn't an issue of "cutting and running."