2 1/2 party system in US.

OTL the various Dixiecrat tickets/unpledged electors' policies was to try and force a hung electoral college, and then use their electoral votes to negotiate with the Democratic and Republican candidates--basically "we will see you elected president if you promise to let us keep/pursue segregation"

While segregation was part of it, it isn't the only part. Again, most of the Southern states are debtor states, and it's that kingmaker aspect that helps fuel that as well.
 
George Wallace revives the Dixiecrat Party and permently splits from the Democrats?

The Democrats become a purely "left party
The Republicans become the centrist party, and are often nicknamed "Third Way Champions"
After 1976 The Dixiecrat Party abandons the segregation policy and renames it's self " American Freedom Party"
A list of elections

1968 : George Wallace/Curtis May 13.9 %
1972: George Wallace/Curtis May 6.2%
1976: Lester Maddox / John Rarick 9.1%

1980: Bill Brock / Frank Boreman 14.3%
1984: Pat Robertson / Paul Lexalt 16.2%
1988: Bob Dole /
Pat Buchanan
13.12%
1992: Howard Philips / George Wallace III 10.3%
1996: Elizabeth Dole / Newt Gingrich 14.9%
2000:
Elizabeth Dole / Newt Gingrich 13.1%
2004: Mike Huckabee / Alan Keys 19.3%
2008: Rick Perry / Oliver North 14.5%

List of Presidents

Richard Nixon 1969-1974 (R)
Gerald Ford 1974-1981 (R)
Morris Udah 1981-1989 (D)
John Anderson 1989-1997 (R)
Jim Jeffords 1997-2001 (R)
Pete Stark 2001-2005 (D)
Mitt Romney 2005-2013 (R)


 
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