In the late 1830’s, the Whig Party was very successful. The economic Panic of 1837 set two principles for the success of the Whig Party. The first was that the public attention concentrated on the failings of the Democratic politics (Guelzo, 2001). The second principle was that it produced the largest percentage of new voters in every cycle of the presidency. The good thing about this was that once a person was recruited to a party, they would rarely switch over time. The Whigs succeeded in the electorate by using their existing voter base and throwing their policy distinctive to the Democrats. They also organized their new voters as well. When this was successful, the Whigs turned out to be very successful in the electoral.
