Which groups were likely to support the war against Mexico

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Which groups were likely to support the war against Mexico

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Answer: Democrats, especially those in the Southwest, strongly favoured the Mexican-American War. Most Whigs, however, viewed the war as conscienceless land grabbing, and the Whig-controlled House voted 85 to 81 to censure Democratic Pres. James K. Polk for having "unnecessarily and unconstitutionally" initiated the war.