Great stuff! I feel like I should have read such an analysis many decades ago. It's a highly readable and scholarly story that every FReeper should read. So I am forwarding this to some people.
I note you also posted the story on Free Republic backed in 2016. Donald Trump: The Echo of Our Framers' Uncorrupted President.
What the “two-party” system did to our presidential electoral system is beyond a shame. We were never supposed to endure the likes of Obama or Biden.