Why Third Parties will never work

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Why Third Parties will never work

• Is it a good or a bad thing?

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Types of Third Parties

• Single Issue Parties
• Single issues like Prohibition of alcohol or an
  extreme ideological position like socialism or
  libertarianism

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Types of Third Parties

• Splinter Parties
• Off shoots of a Major Party

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Types of Third Parties

• Popular Individual
• Jesse the Body Ventura or Ross Perot

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Why 3rd parties will Never Win

• Winner Take-All System
• Who ever gets a plurality of the votes receives
  all of the States electoral votes
• Funding
• An independent party must raise a lot of money
  and they get no help from the government
• Federal Funding
• Must get 10 of the National Vote to receive
  federal funding in the NEXT election
• Ballot Access
• State Ballot Laws
• Single Member Districts
• Every district has ONE representative. No
  proportional representation in America.

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Importance of Third Parties

• 3rd Parties can take away votes and elections
  from major parties.
• This affects the presidency. Gore lost by 537
  votes in FLA. 97,000 Floridians voted for Nader
• Bring new issues to the political agenda
• Serve as safety valves for popular discontent