Who's on Third: American Third Parties in Presidential Elections

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2002
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Haverford College. Department of Political Science
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The United States of America considers itself the founder of modern democracy. US citizens enjoyed the absence of a monarch or aristocracy before the British or the French. However, it can be argued that these countries have surpassed the US in democratic scope because of the political duopoly that currently exist in the US. The US has powerfully adhered to the two party system that has lasted for some many decades. Does this lack of political choice have any relation to the serious drops in voter participation and drastic rise in citizen apathy that have occurred in American politics? Perhaps the only way to determine this is to examine the history, development, and impact that third parties have had in American politics. In an effort to narrow this extensive field on inquiry I will only be addressing the effect of third party candidates in presidential elections. By examining US third parties I will seek to prove that third party candidates arise out of a political necessity to expand the horizons of government and that the US would be better served if the opportunity for more political diversity was allowed.
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