Date of Award
4-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
It seems that third party candidates and third parties themselves are usually just a flash in the pan, who once in a while seem to get their fifteen minutes of fame. Ross Perot a native Texan created lots of havoc on the 92 and 96 presidential elections. Also in the great state of Minnesota in 1998 Jesse Ventura became Governor while being a third party candidate. One can’t help but wonder who the next big third party candidate will be, and from which state they will come. Will this person come from a conservative state a liberal state, or will it come from a state somewhere in the middle? Something interesting is also happening in this country right now. A third party movement has come from some of the right wingers in this country. This movement is better known as the Tea Party movement. Many people in this country are screaming for a third party to become viable. There are a lot of people that want more than just the two choices that are offered right now.
Recommended Citation
Grunwald, Trevor, "The Variation in Third Party Politics Across the American States" (2010). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 80.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/80
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