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Why can a strong third party mess up the Electoral College?
LaurenElizebethJames
Because they can become "spoilers" for the other two major parties by taking votes away that they would have otherwise gotten.
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The third-party candidate who won the most electoral college votes in American history was?
John Anderson
What specific candidates have a difficult time winning electoral votes?
Third party candidates have a difficult time winning electoral votes
Who were the most successful third party candidates for presidentgive the names of their parties and the years they ran and some idea of percentage of the vote the garnered.?
Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral college votes running as under the Progressive Party (Bull-Moose Party). William Howard Taft (Republican) only received 8 electoral college votes. Woodrow Wilson recived 435 votes and won the presidencey.H. Ross Perot was one of the most successful third-party presidential candidates in U.S. history, having won almost 19 percent of the popular vote in the 1992 election while running as an independent But, received none of the electoral college vote.. He garnered only 8 percent of the popular vote in 1996 as a candidate of the Reform Party.
Name the third party candidate who received the greatest number of electoral votes.?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What two political party's worked against each other during the third party system?
the United States has never has a "third party system." Occasionally a strong third party has "disrupted" the established two-party system.
Is it important for a strong third party candidate to run for president explain why or why not?
A large portion of the U.S. population is conditioned to believe that a third-party candidate cannot win a U.S. presidential election. Therefore many believe that a vote for a third-party presidential candidate is a wasted vote. That may be the quintessential example of a self-fulfilling prophesy; it is the belief itself that makes it true. The belief has been disproved on the state level by gubernatorial candidates such as former professional wrestler and former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. U.S. history shows that a third party normally does not establish itself as one of the two major parties until one of the existing two major parties collapses due to excessive internal division. Surely there were some who thought the Republican party was heading down that path in 1912. Having three or more strong candidates in a U.S. presidential election increases the likelihood of no one receiving the required minimum of electoral votes, causing the election to be taken out of the hands of the voters and the electoral college and put in the hands of the House of Representatives. The same rules are still in effect that caused that to happen in 1824. Perhaps a break from the electoral college system would result in the needed break from the vicious cycle of the errant belief that a third-party candidate cannot win a U.S. presidential election.
Which state in the union has the 2nd highest electoral college votes?
That would be Texas with 34. California is first and New York is third
What disadvantages does a third party candidate have?
Winner-take-all aspect of electoral college ballot access campaign financing (rules/limits, not effects) Federal funding of presidential elections exclusion from presidential debates single-member plurality districts
How can you prove to people your fit and strong without them taking your word for it?
Neutral third party verification.
Who ran as a third party candidate in 1968?
George Wallace, governor of Alabama, ran as a third party candidate in 1968. He won 5 states, got 13.5% of the popular vote and 46 electoral votes. His main issue was racial segregation which he favored.
Why are the third parties important?
There are two main parties in politics, the Democrats and the Republicans. The third party is considered the Libertarians and the Greens. Third parties form when there is a difference in major opinions about major debatable issues. There is little chance of the third party succeeding because of funding. Also, in the media, the third party rarely receives the same amount of coverage as the other parties.
Presidential elections state sends 27 electors to the Electoral College one candidate receives 51 percent the second receives 48 percent and the third receives 1 percent how many electoral votes?
14
