In recent weeks, a procession of Republican Party leaders has offered the case for such an insurrection. But after the passage of the inflammatory Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, which potentially opened all new territories to slavery, anti-slavery leaders in both parties defected to form the Republican Party. The Republican Party offered Northern voters what neither existing party would: an alternative that was clearly opposed to slavery's expansion. Trump's overall approval rating among all college-educated whites has remained mired for months in the mid-30s, well below the usual level for a GOP president. "Donald Trump is doing more damage to the Republican Party and traditional conservatism than Hillary Clinton ever could.

Source: CNN November 01, 2017 10:41 UTC