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# One or the other major party will co-opt the issue, or
# One or the other major party will co-opt the issue, or
# Both major parties will collude, openly or by default, to marginalize this issue.
# Both major parties will [[collude]], openly or by default, to marginalize this issue.
When this does not happen, and especially when one major party abruptly loses electoral strength, a minor party might replace a major party. The present [[Republican Party]] replaced the [[Whig Party]] in the 1850s over the issue of [[slavery]], for instance.
When this does not happen, and especially when one major party abruptly loses electoral strength, a minor party might replace a major party. The present [[Republican Party]] replaced the [[Whig Party]] in the 1850s over the issue of [[slavery]], for instance.