In June 2015, there are several minor parties active in American national and local politics. These include the Tea Party, the American Communist Party, and the Libertarian Party.
Libertarian
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A minor party introduced the idea of national nominating conventions.
Reform Party
Reform Party
A minor party introduced the idea of national nominating conventions.
Hispanics
The Twelfth Amendment reflects the growth of a political party system in American politics.
For the better part of its existence, the US had worked with a two party system. Currently in national politics the Republican Party has a majority in the US Senate and the House of Representatives. The executive branch is headed by President Obama, a member of the other major party, the Democratic Party.
The beginning of the third party system occurred when the Republican Party first began to dominate American politics.
It paved the way for antislavery politics
Even though it may seem like minor parties don't have much of an effect on politics and elections, minor parties can actually make enough difference to change an election. Minor parties rarely win elections but are actually necessary to politics. The small amount of people that vote for minor parties could potentially cost enough for a major party to lose an election to the other major party. For example: If an election is 50/50 between Democratic and the Republican parties and 10 percent of the Democrats decide to vote for a minor party it would cost the Democrats the election. Hope this makes sense! Good luck!
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The New Democratic Party currently controls Manitoba's politics.