Board Thread:New on Alternative History/@comment-72.185.4.15-20130303025444/@comment-6884305-20130305130323

I'm not claiming the author is an expert, but he has got me thinking about this idea that if Douglas had won then at least some of the Southern states would still have seceded. After all, in the election of 1860, there was a southern democratic candidate. So, the Southern Democrats were alienated from the Northern Democrats.

I find debating this with you a valuable use of time because it helps me "road test" my point of divergence.