"...And, face it, the twenty-ten elections are so last Tuesday."As President Obama admitted, "...I'm not recommending that every future president take a shellacking like I did last night." Why should I even care about last Tuesday elections? Today, while watching American History at C-Span 3, I was reminded of the U.S. Presidential Election of 150 years ago, yesterday.
Candy Crowley, Host of State of the Union
Consider the Tea Party fringe movement within the Republican Party. Generally speaking, third-party candidates benefit the incumbent party. And what happens when there are four presidential parties as was the case in 1860?
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Northern Democrats won 29% of the Popular vote
- John C. Breckinridge
- Southern Democrats won 18% of the Popular vote
- John Bell
- Constitution Unionists won 13% of the Popular vote
- Abraham Lincoln
- Republicans won 40% of the Popular vote
As you see the Democratic ticket (today's Republicans) was divided. Will history repeat itself in 2012? Time will tell. Question? Comment? Email me!