republican party in 1860 had views of anti slavery. The democrats had a different view and the two had a split.
<h3 /><h3>Who is Democrat?</h3>
Democrat is a party which was a part of the Democrat - Republican Party until the year 1860. The party was a single party and was split into two during the year 1860.
The reason for the split of the two parties that is the Republican party and the Democrats was due to the views over the slavery. The Republican party was against slavery and wanted to end it from the America and ultimately from the entire world.
The Democrats did not shared the same views as the views of the Republican Party and so the Two parties parted their ways and one was called republican party and the other as the Democrats. Both the parties still exist.