That’s fair, this is generally the ITL opinions of many Populists who were once Federal Republicans.
Triple Calamity: What if the Three Most Important Men in the Executive Branch Died in One Night?
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If Lincoln somehow came to life
The poor man wouldn't even recognize his party, the country or the political scene. Though I wonder what his reaction be when he learns he considered the best president in history books and there a state named after him.
The poor man wouldn't even recognize his party, the country or the political scene. Though I wonder what his reaction be when he learns he considered the best president in history books and there a state named after him.
Johnson meanwhile I think isn't as reviled as he was IOTL due to being unable to undo what Lincoln worked for.
Johnson would probably be viewed fairly sympathetically by people. He’d be seen somewhat as a noble southerner who supported his country against his state’s slavery institution, I’d imagine
Johnson isn’t hated at all by contemporary historians and history nerds ITL, exactly that, the people view him as a sympathetic figure, a man who stayed loyal to the union only to be slayed for it.
Though it is recognized that he would’ve been a bad president had he survived.
Generally people don’t think about Johnson a whole lot. His death is just a crazy companion piece to the era.
The party has morphed into a more radical version of itself from OTL that’s for sure.
Probz inevitable someone makes up an alternate history work where Johnson lives and becomes prez.
That'll be meta. Might do a chapter about it later near the end of the TL.
OTL Johnson Presidency would be seen as ASB TTL. They'd accept that no president is truly great, but be baffled by how Johnson screwed things up 🤣🤣🤣.
What TL hasn't done thay, make OTL as it exactly happened a TL in-universe and everyone in-uiniverse is like "Man, this is crazy!"?
Our TL would probably be seen as a worse case senario by 1890 for many northerners and freedmen ITL.
Fully expecting after looking at the party platforms again for the Republican's, Liberal's and Freedmen party to merge with the Peoples and Democratic party doing so as well. They'd rather merge the push for proper electoral reform and getting rid of first-past-the-post voting.
The Democrats have already merged tickets with the Populists. Election results might scare some of the other parties into doing the same.
Oh I know they have for this election, I'm talking about a permanent merger of the parties.
The return of the two-party system isn't fun though.That may be on the way
I wouldn't worry too much, this America has gotten used to it's chaotic playing field. At this point in this alternate Gilded Age we are seeing a battle between politicians wishing for normalcy and people wishing for change. If there isn't at least one party leaning into the change there will be some unrest.