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1 The Two Parties Today Third parties tomorrow?

2 Parties as organizations
PAO PIE PIG Parties as organizations

3 Number of civil servants and federal civilian employees

4 PAO PIE PIG Parties as organizations Parties in the electorate

5 Increasing number of “Independents”?

6 Stable number of partisans

7 PAO PIE PIG Parties as organizations Parties in the electorate
Parties in government

8 President’s Average Legislative Success

9 Can an “outsider” to the political system become President of the United States?

10 3rd Party Candidates with 5% of PV
Year Name Party Percent 1848 Van Buren Free Soil 10% 1856 Fillmore Whig-American 21% 1860 Breckinridge Southern Democrat 18% Bell Constitutional Union 12% 1892 Weaver Populist 8% 1912 TR Progressive 27% 1924 LaFollette 16% 1968 Wallace Amer. Independent 13% 1980 Anderson Independent 6% 1992 Perot Reform 19% 1996

11 19th vs. 20th Century 3rd Party Candidates
Issue-based parties/ Grass roots parties Candidates join existing movement 20th Century Personality-based campaigns Parties built around personalities and personal crusades

12 Barriers to Third Party Success
Single member district, plurality system Electoral College

13 8 minor party candidates have won Electoral Votes…
1832: Anti Masonic party, 7EV 1856: Know-Nothing Party, 8 EV 1860: Constitutional Union Party, 39 EV 1892: Populist Party, 22 EV 1912: Progressive Party, 88 EV 1924: Progressive Party, 13 EV 1948: Dixiecrat Party, 39 EV (2% of PV!) 1968: American Independent Party, 46 EV

14 Barriers to Third Party Success
Single member district, plurality system Electoral College Ballot Access Restrictions Campaign Finance Laws Hard to raise money Hard to get media attention Hard to recruit strong candidates Most voters are loyal to a party

15 Significant Nader votes, 2000
State (ev) Nader % of vote % of votes separating Bush and Gore FL (25) 1.63% .01% NM (5) 3.55% .06% IA (7) 2.23% .32% OR (7) 5.04% .44% WI (11) 3.62% .22%

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