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I disagree. There is no necessity for two parties. Let the GOP stand or fail on its own. The sooner the better. Moderates have enough voting power to create their own party as republicans grew out of the ashes of the whigs. Problem solved.
Three parties is only a transitional state; it's not at all stable. It may result in replacement (Republicans replacing Whigs) or it may fall back into the same two parties (Progressives failing to replace Republicans.) A center party would take more from one party than the other (just noise in the system would be enough) and then that wing stops voting for them because they're vote splitting.
Given time it could change, but only by changing the method of election. Without huge regional differences (eg India) or unresolved stateship demands (eg UK), First Past The Post drags heavily towards Only Two Finalists. Proportional representation is too much to ask because both parties would oppose it. But a more modest step, Ranked Choice Voting, would sometimes result in a minor party having the deciding votes in the House. Voters could then decide if they like that and want to keep Ranked Choice.