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 @9CJ6CB6Comments3mos ago

Likelihood to be elected is the defining factor. No one in history has run as an independent and won.

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  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…3mos3MO

Abraham Lincoln did

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…3mos3MO

Lincoln was in the Republican Party of the time, though it was newly formed, it wouldn’t really fit the criteria of “independent” since the whole two party system wasn’t very cemented by then.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…3mos3MO

It had been for decades – Democrats and Whigs, before that, Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans. He was not expected to win.

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…3mos3MO

We also just had a large amount of parties at the time that remained relevant. The chances of splitting the vote were sorta much higher, so I’d say that him winning wasn’t as much of an independent run as it was a minority party win. Though, it remained impressive all the same.

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