There has almost always been two major parties. The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans (anti-federalist), then the Democrats (from Jackson) and the Whigs, then the Democrats and the Republicans.
what’s what i thought. third party is usually a spoiler, like Nader and Perot.
would be nice to have a strong conservative party.
ems are already the liberal party.
Kennedy’s dem party is long gone. Didn’t love him, but he was against abortion, slashed taxes and had a vision of exploring space.