• Republican/Democrat division mirrors Democrat/Whig division
• The Democrat party is splitting just as the Whigs did

A new, more radical party is being born in the image of progressives.

• The election of Lincoln convinced Democrats that all hope was lost for a political resolution. -The election of Biden will be that event for many Republicans.
• A coalition of Democrat states formed to oppose Lincoln powers, and ultimately became the Confederacy.
• A coalition of Republican states is already forming to oppose federal laws and powers.
• The confederacy concluded that political opposition was pointless, and secession was the only way
• Talks of secession or "peaceful divorce" have steadily been increasing amongst southern Republican states.
• Lincoln set precedent that peaceful secession is illegal, and shall be treated as insurrection, and open rebellion.
• Biden/Harris will label those states as insurrectionists.
• Lincoln poked the Confederacy to force them to make the first move, providing optics of Confederate aggression.
• Biden/Harris and the media will manipulate the news to provide optics of Republican aggression/white supremacy.
• Confederates eventually decided it was time to fight (Fort Sumter), playing into Lincoln's plan, officially starting the hot civil war.
• Republicans have largely been peaceful, when they do finally fight back, it will mark the beginning of the 2nd civil war.