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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

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4. Yes but...

Reply to WCGreen (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 01:17 PM

Feb 2013

The implosion is usually triggered by an active third party (nb - NOT a fluke "Independent candidate" Presidential campaign), that draws off support from one of the major parties and then forces a realignment/merger. Consider the success of the Populist movement in the 1880's, resulting in a merger with a realigned Democratic Party.

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