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How have third parties influenced outcomes in two or more past presidential elections?
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∙ 10y ago
The big year for third parties was 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt beat the incumbent Taft and finished second to Wilson. In 1848, the third Free Soil Party likely put Zachary Taylor in the Whitehouse by finishing second in NY.
Third party candidate, Ross Perot drew 18+ % in 1996. but his votes were almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, so he had little effect on the election. Ralph Nadar may have won enough votes in Florida in 2000 to affect the election. George Wallace won 14% in 1968.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoPossibly the influence was never greater than in 1992, when Texas Businessman H. Ross Perot's presence in the election had the effect of attracting a lot of Republican votes away from the incumbent President George Bush, resulting in a win for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton with only 43% of the nationwide popular votes.
Aside from the 53% of popular votes for Clinton in his home state of Arkansas and the 85% for Clinton in the District of Columbia, no other state had an absolute majority (over 50%) of votes for any of the candidates. Bush's popular vote total nationwide was about 37%, and Perot's was about 19%.
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∙ 12y agobill Clinton won the election in 1992 because ross perot as a third party candidate took support from George Bush the elder
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National convention (A+)
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