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Third Parties

Third Parties. Roles of Third Parties. Keep major parties in check Call attention to controversial issues that major parties may not May also rally around a specific issue Acts as a ‘spoiler’ during elections. Third Party Candidates. George Wallace – Presidential candidate 1968

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Third Parties

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  1. Third Parties

  2. Roles of Third Parties • Keep major parties in check • Call attention to controversial issues that major parties may not • May also rally around a specific issue • Acts as a ‘spoiler’ during elections

  3. Third Party Candidates • George Wallace – Presidential candidate 1968 • Ross Perot – Presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996 • Ralph Nader – Presidential candidate 2004 • Ken Lanci – Cuyahoga Council (newly created office) candidate in 2010

  4. The Tea Party • Grassroots movement to “give the power of the government back to the people” • NOT a political party…rather extreme conservatives hoping to secure Republican candidate nomination • Michele Bachmann is front-runner candidate • http://theteaparty.net/inner.asp?z=40

  5. Third Parties • Libertarian Party - total individual liberty (pro-drug legalization, pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-home schooling, pro-gun rights, etc.) and total economic freedom (anti-welfare, anti-government regulation of business, anti-minimum wage, anti-income tax, pro-free trade) • Green Party of the United States - Committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing • Constitution Party - strongly pro-life, anti-gun control, anti-tax, anti-immigration, trade protectionist, "anti-New World Order," anti-United Nations, anti-gay rights, anti-welfare, and pro-school prayer. • http://politics1.com/parties.htm

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