Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-10975360-20131014124545/@comment-10975360-20131107091017

yes, but the progressives were never really again a national party, with the exception og henry wallace's lamentable campaign in 1948.

true, but ike also got the support of traditional middle class northern voters who had voted for Dewey both times, and he lost the south to stevenson

yes, 1964

they were a part of the coalition, they were the solid block - but al smith and roosevelt built that up, gaining the support of labour unions, migrants and the last of the city bosses.

true, but the revulsion that some tea partiers have for mainstream republicans is quite surprising, these primary battles in safe senate seats (like richard lugar) are an example of that.

If someone like paul or cruz (hahaha) got the nomination then i think a moderate could run, but the democrats would still get over 50% of the vote. The demographic is a lot different to 1980.