second parties

We need an 1856 moment

Everyone,

If Senator Sanders decides to run as an independent (an unlikely but still possible thing), you will hear, from all quarters, the same old litany of arguments about how third parties never win in America. So I guess you might as well concede the argument and tell them that, yes, you're going to vote Democrat, because God forbid the Whigs should win the election.

The Whigs?