James K. Polk and the 5,106 Votes That Changed America(coolidgereview.com)

2 pointsby RickJWagnerhace 4 meses1 comments

James K. Polk and the 5,106 Votes That Changed America

https://www.coolidgereview.com/articles/james-polk-misremembered

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sigwinchhace 4 meses

The Whig party was our experiment with partisan coalitions. And we got to see what breaks up a party, and what a party can survive.

It’d be fascinating to present modern Americans with their options during the Second Party System, renamed. The Democratic Party is of course unrecognizable.