It can take votes away from either one of the parties which results in a vote that is lob sided allowing an win by a candidate that may not have happened otherwise.
Third Part Canadites
Third-party candidates are better of under the proportional representation of election.
Independent
the third party candidate for the 1960 election was Governor George Corley Wallace of Alabama
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The Bull Moose party who ran TR.
Free soil Party
Because they have never won a presidential election
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A third party candidate is one that is not from one of the two major parties but is not an independent. The US has evolved a two-party system especially in the election of the president. However, on occasion, a third-party will arise and run a candidate. These parties are sometimes limited to just a few states and are merely a protest, but once in awhile a third party develops a national following, gets on the ballot in all states , qualifies for federal funding and can have a definite effect on the outcome of the election even though they may not carry any states or have a real chance to win. Usually the third party is devoted to some one issue such as segregation or NAFDA that the main parties agree on or choose not to take a stand on.
In a two-party system such as that in the United States, this is referred to as a "third party".