Saturday, October 22, 2016

Weekend history lesson: "Are the Republicans Going the Way of the Whigs?"


Just imagine printing your own ballots ...

Are the Republicans Going the Way of the Whigs?, by Michael F. Holt (Center for Politics)

... Does the Whigs’ sorry story provide a template pointing to what might become the GOP’s fate now?

There are striking similarities, but also some crucial differences, between what befell the Whigs in the 1850s and Republicans’ fractious situation today.

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