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Guy in 1846: “Just found out some abolitionists think their views are popular enough for a successful third party after decades of Whig inaction”

Just found out some leftists think their views are popular enough for a successful 3rd party

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Anonymous 1w

And which party did that create 🫶

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Anonymous

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The Republican Party, which at the time was the historically progressive party compared to the historically conservative Democratic Party. Then, after a hundred years with many small re-alignments of their party platforms, the Republican Party became the conservative one and the Democratic Party became the more progressive one.

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