The Libertarian Party is one example :)
Some third-party goals eventually become planks in the platforms of the major parties
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.
In elections with two dominant parties, a 3rd party candidate can siphon off votes that might otherwise have gone to someone else. Two recent examples would be Ralph Nader in 2000 and Ross Perot in 1992.
The two major US political parties are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Three examples implied powers not expressed in the US Constitution are the income tax, military draft, and deleting a coin from the treasury. There are others that are enforced by statute.
third parties
third parties
question doesn't make sense. Third parties? (plural?)
Yes, that is correct. Third parties in the US political system are often referred to as minor parties because they are smaller and have less influence compared to the two major parties, the Democrats and Republicans.
barriers
We don't really have any viable third parties.
We don't really have any viable third parties.
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.
Some third-party goals eventually become planks in the platforms of the major parties
a third party
yes
Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians.