ThirdPartyPolitics

‍‍‍‍Third Party Politics: page by: Abby Johnson,Jasmine Dean,and Rebekah Belshaw‍‍‍‍

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**__ The Progressive Party __**

The founder of this party was Theodore Roosevelt.Their platform was to lower taxes,stricter laws on industrial businesses, women's suffrage, and prohibition of child labor.This third party beat the republicans, but they lost to the democratic candidate.The Progressive Party after all that happenend had vanished until,in 1942 it was formed again, because liberals were tired of conservative control of both major political parties.More and more progressive parties kept getting formed one right after the other,they allhad almost all the same beliefs but were on different sides.

__ Abolitionists __
Abolitionists were people who were against slavery.In civil war times, they began speaking out and rebaling against their leaders.During this time there was an editor of a newspaper called //The Liberator// his name William Garrison.Garrison was an abolitionist that said that congress and the world should abolish slavery,many agreed with him.Therefore he created the National Antislavery Society.This basically started the war between slave owners and abolitionists.But the government would still did not listen, created the "free" states law which said that those states which did not allow slaves must return the escaped to their owners.Abolitionists didn't obey this law.There were many abolitionists throwout the civil war eventually slavery was made illegal.

__ Ross Perot and Ralph Nader __
Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer,and a author.He has been exposed to many problems and has organized millions into more than 100 public interest groups to advocate fro solutions.Also, has helped create laws,agencies,and federal standards that have improved the quality of life.His groups include OSHA,EPA,and the safe drinking water act.He has done many things that contribute to our society.Ross Perot was an american businessman who founded the Electronic Data Systems and ran for president as an idependent twice, in 1992 and 1996.When he ran for president his was an independent and won 19% of the popular vote.Then he ran again also as an independent.Perot founded The Reform Party in 1995 which,gradually established its autonomy from him.

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__ Green Peace Party __ David McTaggart convinced a half dozen loosely connected earlier groups to put aside their differences and join in one worldwide organisation, creating Green Peace International in 1979. Greenpeace is an independent,campaigning organisation which uses nonviolent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.

__ Third-Party Presidental Candidates __

 * Third-Party Presidential Candidates, 1832-1996 These third-party candidates received above the historical average of 5.6 percent of the popular vote. ||
 * __Year __ || __Party __ || __Candidate __ || __Popular Vote __ || __Electoral Vote (Number) __ || __Outcome in Next Election __ ||
 * 1996 || Reform || H. Ross Perot || 8.4 || 0 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Did not run; endorsed Republican candidate George W. Bush ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1992 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Independent || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">H. Ross Perot || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">18.9 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Ran as Reform Party candidate ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1980 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Independent || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">John B. Anderson || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">6.6 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Did not run ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1968 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">American Independent || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">George C. Wallace || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">13.5 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">46 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Won 1.4 percent of the popular vote ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1924 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Progressive || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Robert M. La Follette || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">16.6 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">13 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Returned to Republican Party ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1912 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Progressive ("Bull Moose") || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Theodore Roosevelt || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">27.4 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">88 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Returned to Republican Party ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1912 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Socialist || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Eugene V. Debs || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">6 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Won 3.2 percent of the popular vote ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1892 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Populist || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">James B. Weaver || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">8.5 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">22 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Endorsed Democratic candidate ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1860 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Constitutional Union || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">John Bell || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">12.6 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">39 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Party dissolved ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1860 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Southern Democrats || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">John C. Breckinridge || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">18.1 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">72 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Party dissolved ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1856 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">American ("Know-Nothing") || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Millard Fillmore || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">21.5 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Party dissolved ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1848 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Free Soil || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Martin Van Buren || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">10.1 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Won 4.9 percent of the vote ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1832 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Anti-Masonic || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">William Wirt || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">7.7 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">7 || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Endorsed Whig candidateart ||

<range type="comment" id="722807">Third parties can produce crazy results in U.S. elections. They can be ‘’Spoilers’’ in a presidential election. They can take away enough votes from a major party that they lose the state popular vote, then the electoral vote, later the presidency. This has happened multiple times before. In 1912 Teddy Roosevelt third party took more than 27 percent and divides the Republican vote allowing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win presidency. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In recent times, George Wallace in 1968 and Perot in 1992 took great percentages of voters from both major parties in the general election. Many people believe that the 2000 Nader campaign took enough votes away from Democratic candidate Al Gore that it caused Gore to lose the election to George W. Bush. For that reason, Nader's repeat candidacy in the 2004 election was closely watched by both major parties, but he won less than 1 percent of the popular vote.

**__ Sources __**
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