[BroJoeK]

By the way, in case you're wondering, how can this arcane discussion of past political shifts have anything to do with today, the answer is, and I ask you to consider it carefully:

Donald Trump's popularity amongst Southerners suggests that he has struck cords of unity in people who were historically both southern and northern branches of the old Whig party -- Southern Whigs who became America Firsters and Northerners who oppose "slavery", these days to the Federal Government.

Just a thought...

[Homer_J_Simpson]

When Trump got the big win in Alabama I was struck with the thought that there might be a throwback situation in process. I didn’t connect it to the Whigs but I thought it might involve southern resentment still lingering after all this time. The nativist element also reminds me of the American (Know-Nothing) party that was influential in today’s rust-belt/coal producing regions.