Armstrong demonstrates that his 51.6 year Economic Confidence Model applies to politics as well.
Previous cycle peaks that resulted in enormous 3rd party swells include the war of 1812, the civil war in 1860, WWI soon after the second peak in 1912, and the assassination of JFK and removal of silver as currency in 1964.
Armstrong goes so far as to call the next projected peak of 2016 "the YEAR FROM HELL!"
2016 The Year From Hell, A Third Party on the Horizon?