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    Duverger’s Law says that as long as we have this system of voting, we’re going to have two, and only two, major parties. It has changed once in history: when the Republicans replaced the Whigs. So, that’s what you’re looking at: either change the system of voting or replace one of the two parties.

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      The major political parties may have only changed names once, but the most common stance in modern political science is that we are in the 6th political party alignment in US history.

      • Centralization 1796-1824
      • Jacksonians 1828-1852
      • Republicans 1856-1892
      • Progressives 1898-1928
      • New Dealers 1932-1972
      • Neoliberalism 1980-Present