Third-party matters : politics, presidents, and third parties in American history / Donald J. Green.

Third parties have been a fixture in the American political landscape since the beginning of the two-party system. More than 300 of these groups have surfaced, but only a handful have made a real difference. Third-Party Matters: Politics, Presidents, and Third Parties in American History tells the i...

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Main Author: Green, Donald J., 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Antebellum third parties : Liberty, Free Soil, American (Know-Nothings), Constitutional Union
  • The revolt of the farmers : Greenback, People's (Populists)
  • The progressives : Bull Moose progressives, progressives of 1924
  • George Wallace and his American Independent Party
  • Ross Perot
  • Ralph Nader and the Green Party
  • Third-party also-rans.