There was no “Right” and “Left” in US political vernacular prior to the 20th century. According to Google NGram the terms “left-wing” and “right-wing” didn’t start appearing in English-language books until after the Bolshevik Revolution.timschochet said:2. Up until the about second decade of 20th century, the Democratic Party was not “the Left”; it was basically to the right of the Republicans.