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The Minor Parties

The Minor Parties . You’ve Never Heard of them . Minor Parties in the US. Hard to classify Some are single issue Some are regional Some are only in one state Can create 4 distinct types of parties to classify . Ideological Parties . Based on a particular set of beliefs

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The Minor Parties

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  1. The Minor Parties You’ve Never Heard of them

  2. Minor Parties in the US • Hard to classify • Some are single issue • Some are regional • Some are only in one state • Can create 4 distinct types of parties to classify

  3. Ideological Parties • Based on a particular set of beliefs • Social, economic, and political views • Most created on shade of Marxist thought • Socialist, Socialist Labor, Socialist Worker, and Communist parties • Some have different approach • Libertarian Party • Call for greater individual freedom, remove many of governments functions and programs • These are long lived parties • Rarely gain many votes

  4. Single-Issue Party • One public-policy matter • Examples • Free Soil Party • Opposed spread of slavery • American Party • Opposed Irish-Catholic immigration • Right to Life Party • Opposes abortion • Many parties fade into history • Issues resolved by time or policy • Major parties absorb their view point

  5. Economic Protest Parties • Rooted in periods of economic discontent • No real ideological base • Disgust with major parties and problems • Blame real or imagined enemies • Monetary system, wall street bankers, railroads, foreign imports, immigration • Examples • Greenbacks • Wanted to control railroads, coin silver • Populist Party • Lower tariffs, silver, railroad control • These parties disappear as country recovers economically

  6. Splinter Parties • Party split from one of the major party’s • Examples • Republicans • Bull Moose (Progressive) 1912 • Progressive 1924 • Democrats • States Rights • American Independent • Parties center around important leader • Theodore Roosevelt, once rejoins Republicans—party dies

  7. Green Party • Example of difficulty in classification • Doesn’t fit any categories mentioned above • Green Party goals • Environmental protection, universal healthcare, gay and lesbian rights, restraints on corporate power, campaign finance reform, opposition to global free trade, etc. • Constantly changing and evolving

  8. Why are they important? • Anti-Masons • Minor party, held first national convention to nominate candidate • Now both major parties do • Taking votes • Strong Third party candidate can change the election • “Spoiler role” • 1912 Presidential Election • Democrat: Woodrow Wilson 6,296,547 435 • Progressive: Teddy Roosevelt 4,118,571 88 • Republican: William Taft 3,486,720 8 • Socialist: Eugene Debs 900,672 0 • Prohibition: Eugene Chafin 206,275 0

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