unlike the major parties, the minor parties have been ready, willing, and able to take quite clear-cut stands on controversial issies. minor-party stands have often drawn attention to some issues that the major parties have preferred to ignore or straddle.
examples: the progressive income tax, woman suffrage, railroad and banking regulation, and old-age pensions.
The minor parties include: the idealogical parties, single-issue parties, economic protest parties, and Splinter parties
They provide a platform for non-mainstream political views. Greens remind us to care about the environment, Libertarians argue against big government, Whigs decry polarization and politicking and ask for common sense, and Communists rally against discrimination and exploitation. By doing so, they prevent the two-party establishment from ignoring real problems. Minor and Third parties play roles as spoilers by taking votes from a major candidate. If a third party member leans towards the Republican Party, then that person may take votes from independents and moderates that may have otherwise voted for the republican candidate. This will result in the democratic candidate having a better chance of winning because votes for the Republican Party were split.
hundreds...really
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?
Japan is divided into four major political parties. Japan also has a multitude of other minor political parties in the country.
We don't really have any viable third parties.
We don't really have any viable third parties.
none
Democratic, Republican, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Constitution Party
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.
well there are four diffrent types of minor parties and they are IDEOLOGICAL, SINGLE-ISSUE, ECONOMIC PROTEST, SPLINTER.
well there are four diffrent types of minor parties and they are IDEOLOGICAL, SINGLE-ISSUE, ECONOMIC PROTEST, SPLINTER.