For example, in the 2000 election, Ralph Nader ran as a Third-Party candidate and won 2.74% of the votes. Since he was part of the Green Party, many environmental based SGIs supported him, and raised awareness of the issues Bush and Gore did not bring up. ...
These victories were not very surprising because they all belonged to a major political party and the public was already fond of them. ... He has no party lines to follow and can do what is best for the state, not just himself. ... He, along with 70% (8) of Minnesotans, does not fit into either of the two controlling political parties. ... The two-party system represents only 30% of the population. Third party candidates need to receive better financial support to be able to introduce a better democracy into the system. ...
Political participation could be anything from voting to actually joining a political party. ... "55 percent of Americans have access to the Internet, with over a third "wired" Americans going on-line five or more hours a week. ... Partisanship is the voter identification for a specific political party, such as the Democratic or Republican parties. ... The people feel like the party outline of the Democrats and Republicans are similar. Also, it is rare that a third party would win in a major election. ...
Political participation could be anything from voting to actually joining a political party. ... "55 percent of Americans have access to the Internet, with over a third "wired" Americans going on-line five or more hours a week. ... Partisanship is the voter identification for a specific political party, such as the Democratic or Republican parties. ... The people feel like the party outline of the Democrats and Republicans are similar. Also, it is rare that a third party would win in a major election. ...
Regardless of what you were taught to believe, you have no vote. Nor does any other person in this country except for the bureaucratic collective elite (called the electoral college.) Isn't it the ultimate right of the people to choose the leader of the free world, and not the duty of an out-of-tou...
This is the collective name for a group of electors, which are nominated by political parties within the states and popularly elected. ... This system maintains the two party system. ... And third the system for electing a president if no electoral majority is reached. ... Basically, when we vote for a president or party, we are actually voting on an elector to make a choice and not the candidate himself. ...
But to prevent a party-line vote from tossing the Chief Executive, the Senate requires a two-thirds vote. ... A third problem with the current democratic system involves how those we elect to hold office are motivated to make the decisions they do. ...
Palm Beach, an area with a high percentage of Jewish retired people who would be certain Democrat voters, but the results displayed a large amount of people voting for the Reform Party candidate, Pat Buchanan. ... The third debate held for many the defining moment of the election. ... Bush campaigned as a "compassionate conservative" to try and win some votes from "floating voters", those who weren't attached to a particular party and would vote either way. ...
