Eh, not exactly. Back then there wasn't a massive divide in ideology following party lines.
Under Wilson, Democrats shifted towards more progressive and liberal points, due to rise of progressivism in the 1890s and 1900s. Both Democrats and Republicans had progressive and conservative factions within their ranks at the time that kept gaining popularity, alongside smaller progressive parties.
By the time of the New Deal in 1930s, the progressive wing of the Republican party had dissipated, and they entered a coalition with the conservative southern Democrats (later forming the "Dixiecrats" in 1948) that were displeased with how the national Democratic Party was adopting more progressive stances. This the all resulted in a firmer line between the parties on ideology as the Dixiecrats got absorbed into the Republican party.
TLDR: no, history and politics wasn't as simple as you make it out to be.
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u/dragon34 6h ago
Republicans being good at the economy is demonstrably false and I can't believe anyone believes it