re: #160 William Barnett-Lewis

I remember reading, though I can’t remember where, that he only ran as a Republican because he felt we were in danger of becoming a one party system.

Keep in mind that we actually effectively had a three-party system in the United States before the Civil Rights movement. The far left and far right parties were both under the umbrella of the Democrats (especially for social issues), while the Republicans were moderate conservatives on economic and moderate liberals on social issues.