A Third Party System?

Title of Article: What would it take to be come a three-party nation?

Anderson Cooper really breaks down the history of the Democratic and Republican parties. There has always been two main political parties. The Democratic party really began in 1828, and the Republican party began in 1854. From 1792 to 1824 there was a Democratic-Republican party which was different. Over time there has been major political parties like: Federalists, Whigs, and the Bull Moose party( Teddy Roosevelt's Party). Anderson asks, "What would happen if the Tea Parties and the Conservatives formed a third party?". Anderson believes that if this was to truly happen the party to get hurt and suffer would be the Republican party. This party( Tea/Conservative) would succeed if only the Republicans would loose the mid-elections. But the turn out was that the Republicans won the mid-elections. So this third party may never happen.
For my opinion, I say that this would be really hard to picture happening. It all depends on the Republican outcomes, whether they stay in control or fall. It just seems unlikely to happen. This connects back to class because we are going over the term "third party".(Chapter 9) It's the opposite of a two party system. Another party that is large and dominant is added to the equation. Over history, third party candidates are less likely to win in an election.

Information came from cnn.com