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Third Parties : “They Ain’t Got a Chance”

Third Parties : “They Ain’t Got a Chance”. Ralph Nader: 2000, 2004. Ross Perot: 1992, 1996. Third Party. Any political party organized in at least a few states, other than the two current leading parties. Jesse Ventura, Independent Governor of Minnesota, 1999-2003.

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Third Parties : “They Ain’t Got a Chance”

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  1. Third Parties: “They Ain’t Got a Chance” Ralph Nader: 2000, 2004 Ross Perot: 1992, 1996

  2. Third Party Any political party organized in at least a few states, other than the two current leading parties Jesse Ventura, Independent Governor of Minnesota, 1999-2003

  3. History of American Third Parties Third Parties in the U.S. receive great attention, but in fact “have not assumed the importance that all the academic attention on them suggests.”

  4. History of American Third Parties No minor third party as ever come close to winning the presidency • Only eight third party candidates have won any electoral votes • Only five, including Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 and Ross Perot in 1992 have won more than 10% of the popular vote

  5. Types of Third Parties

  6. Sectional Parties Example: Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrat Party ran on a segregationist platform in 1948

  7. Economic Protest Parties Example: James Weaver and the Populist Party won over 1 million popular votes and 22 electoral votes in 1892

  8. Ideology Parties Examples: Socialist, Communist, and Libertarian Parties Libertarian Party 2000 campaign ad

  9. Charismatic Personality Parties Example: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Bull Moose Party in 1912

  10. Specific Issue Parties Example: Prohibition Party in 1892

  11. Combination Parties Example: George Wallace in 1968 (American Independent Party) • Dynamic leader with a Southern base • Anti-civil rights • Won 13% popular vote & 46 electoral votes

  12. Purpose of Third Parties Ralph Nader and the Green Party in 2000 “The electoral progress of third parties is in direct proportion to the failure of the two major parties to incorporate new ideas.”

  13. Purpose of Third Parties Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 Though very rare, a third party may replace one of the major parties • 1856, the Republican Party replaces the Whig Party

  14. Purpose of Third Parties Third Parties have influence • Major parties often take on the ideas of third parties • In 1992, both the Republican and Democratic Parties took on Perot’s reform government ideas about reducing the deficit George Bush (Republican), Ross Perot (Reform), & Bill Clinton (Democrat) during 1992 Presidential debate

  15. Purpose of Third Parties: • Once the major parties incorporate their ideas, third parties burn out • Populist Party platform was assimilated into the Democratic Party in 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate for President, 1896

  16. What do shooting stars and third parties have in common?

  17. George Wallace, American Independent Party, 1968 Election http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh

  18. Ross Perot, 1996http://www.bartcop.com

  19. Ralph Nader, 2000 Election

  20. NADER VOTER IN 2000

  21. Nader & the Reform Party 2004

  22. Ralph Nader Math Problem2004 Presidential Election

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