Chapter 17 Lecture Notes:

Whigs are like the liberals of today (anti-king)

o Use whigs to kind of say they are the old ways
o Win using the successful general (looks like you matter)
o Tyler was a bit of a drawback because hes not really a Whig
Was a balancing of the ticket
Democrats are like the conservatives of today
o They are more of the established, older party
o Created by Jackson with help of Van Buren
Tyler didnt have a vice president
o He really represents the Democratic party
o His presidency starts to fall apart quickly
1844 The Whigs win with Polk (successful general)
o He was considered a dark horse since he sprang up from no where
o He is a Jackson protg