third parties
Minor parties take votes away from the candidates of other parties.
third parties
minor parties change election results by pulling votes from major party candidates?
We don't really have any viable third parties.
We don't really have any viable third parties.
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Minor parties, or third parties as they are usually called, are candidate based parties like the George Wallace's American Independence party. They are usually organized around an ideology.
All of the Above (Apex)
In the US there are an abundance of minority political parties. Often times they are referred to as third parties. Some are exactly called minority parties. In some cases they are called fringe parties.
There are two major political parties in the US. These parties are the Democratic and Republican parties. In US history there have been third parties from time to time that are formed by a minority of citizens. Usually these parties do not last long and are formed to fill a specific need its members believe needs to be addressed in that the two major parties do not believe they are important enough.
third parties are also called minor parties
Because the current government system supports major parties more with the franking privilege and funding. Minor parties still run because sometimes they can bring up issues not normally brought up or "steal" votes from major parties, influencing the outcome.