Upcoming Presidential Election

     In the political system of the United States many barriers and obstacles exist for Third Parties. In the current style of United States politics the Media plays a crucial role in the system, and also posses numerous obstacles for Third Parties. The media often tends to focus on the ?Two Party Horse Race? and neglects the third parties involved in the race. A Third Party Presidential Candidate can not enter into a televised debate unless he has atleast fifteen percent of the popular vote in five major polls. Then there is the process of getting on the ballot in

Third parties offer voters an alternative to the same two parties that run in the presidential election every four years, often with more concrete goals and views, yet there has never been successful third party candidate. For over one and a half centuries, the Republicans and Democrats have held a duopoly over the United States government (Diamond 2015). People have been growing more and more frustrated in their government and the two parties, so why haven’t third-party candidates gained any ground in the political sphere?

Although no third-party candidate has ever won a U.S. presidential election, I disagree that a third party candidate has only slightly affected the elections. Third-party candidates rarely win elections, but they can split parties. That can affect the outcome of an election when a third-party candidate is especially strong, or when the race between the two other candidates is especially close. Third-party candidates exert influence by focusing the election on particular issues and taking votes away from major candidates. During the 2000, election, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, thus contributing to the loss to George Bush. The most successful of the third parties in any one election was

I agree with this statement because third parties are not very well known enough to get the presidential election and have never had a party member elected into the presidential office. Third party influence is not very high so even though the option is there, more people are likely to vote for the more well known Democratic and Republican than the third party, which means third party candidate votes

The 1980 presidential election of the United States featured three primary candidates, Republican Ronald Reagan, Democrat Jimmy Carter and liberal Republican John Anderson. Ronald Reagan was the governor of California before he decided to run for the presidency. John Anderson was a representative in Illinois and Carter was the incumbent. The lengthy Iran hostage crisis sharpened public opinions by the beginning of the election season. In the 1970s, the United States were experiencing a straining episode of low economic growth, high price increases and interest rates and an irregular energy crisis. The sense of discomfort in both domestic and foreign affairs in the nation were heading downward, this added to the downward spiral that was already going on. Between Carter, Anderson and Reagan, the general election campaign of the 1980s seemed more concerned with shadowboxing around political issues rather than a serious discussion of the issues that concerned voters.

Assess the extent to which incumbents have an adage over challengers in congressional elections. (25marks)

The Electoral College doesn’t count every vote the same and the popular vote isn’t considered. With the current system, the president, although not every time, can be the loser, and at the same time the winner. He may not get the vote of the many, but can squeeze by and get just enough votes to become president, like Donald

Third parties fail to achieve electoral victories and representation in modern American politics have been because of the structure of the types of the elections, the ballot rules, and the debate rules. Even if the third parties have equal standards, views, resources, etc., lacking in popularity and significance within the government may increase the chance of not being able to represent in politics. “In order to appreciate the reasons for the Electoral College, it is essential to understand its historical context and the problem that the Founding Fathers were trying to solve.” (Kimberling) In the nation, the political parties brought up concerns and questioning of how electing a president with no such political parties would be possible

Jere a logical approach demands a fundamental understanding of the representative democracy that we have. We have a two party democracy, period. Not because other parties do not exist, but because our infrastructure will not allow those parties to govern. Our constitutional framework makes the ascension of a third party essentially impossible, which is why Sanders wisely ran for president as a Dem. Respectfully, a vote for a third party will not change a constitutional structure that supports 2 party government; moreover, only a change in HOW candidates are elected and popular votes are apportioned (particularly in federal and state legislative bodies) will change that. With that understanding, we have an inexperienced candidate who is threatening

This is undeniable due to the fact that for a third party to have a chance at winning an election, they would have to disproportionately sway enough States to win, which in itself is an extremely difficult task for an alternative party. Nonetheless, this would almost certainly result in an election won by a very small margin. The marginal division that arises from a three party system could cause the least favorable party to win by a split vote because of the other two parties. This would thereby create national division that would prevent progress from being made, serving as an issue for the electoral system. In fact, history has shown that third parties can botch an election. An example of this is the 1912 Presidential election, where Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party split the republican vote by gaining 27% of the vote and allowed Woodrow Wilson of the Democratic Party to win. This election was not the only one of its kind. A similar event took place in the 2000 election between Al Gore and George Bush where Ralph Nader of the Green Party was believed to take a significant amount of votes away from Al Gore, causing his loss. However, these events do not happen frequently because the Electoral College system encourages third party movements to eventually join the two major political parties. If an outer party were to join with a major party, they would have more success getting what they want, but they would have to compromise some of their stances to accommodate the major party. This system inhibits political unions to occur within the government and forces them to transpire within political parties. Therefore, although some contest otherwise, the two party system is more convenient and sufficient than other party systems because it allows for continuity and stability in the government. The Electoral College, subsequently, is necessary

Finally able to vote in the presidential election, young adults find themselves picking between two controversial candidates.

At the end of 2016, the United States will be holding the primary presidential elections. There are six main democrats and fifteen main republicans who are running in the presidential election of 2016. Among the great old party¬ (GOP) presidential applicant Jeb Bush, son of former president George H. W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush, should not have deemed administrating for office on the note of his promises to this country. Other than his famous last name, Jeb Bush’s yearn to work on a certain scope of issues pertaining to education, instead of the just an overview of American education, can potentially give him an unfavorable position in this campaign. Alongside, other republicans doubt whether Bush is strategically capable of addressing the war in Iraq due to his shallow analysis, and vague prescriptions of maintaining his promise to end the nuclear deal made with Iran.

The campaign process limit third party success because only two parties dominate the modern American political process; the Democrats and Republicans. American politics operate on a two-party system, the Democrats and Republicans who dominates voting in most elections and elected offices. These two parties are associated with liberal and conservative views individually, and nearly all elected officials are allied with one of the two. The Democrats and Republicans have more funding and a bigger chance a succeeding in an election than a third party, or any party running in an election other than the major two. Another important thing is ballot access laws often mandate that candidates pay an excessive number of fees or collect a large number

The results of both the 2004 and 2012 Presidential elections were the same as both incumbents were able to capitalize on the voters being comfortable with them. Additional, since both incumbents had access to national assets, four years of on the job training, and “insider information” they were able to speak in-depth on a wide range of issues both foreign and domestic. In 2004, the largest and most important issue to the nation was the war in Iraqi and in 2012 it was the nation’s economy. Given the incumbents access to firsthand information on the issues at large, they were able to weaken their opponents in the nation’s eyes by dismantling the candidate’s strategies on the issues. History has shown that nations trend to focus more on domestic

Third parties include all of the minor political parties in a country. Currently in America, for example, that includes all the parties that are not the Republican or Democratic party, which are the Green Party, Libertarian Party, Prohibition Party, etc. Although the America’s winner-take-all system and electoral college primary election system prevents third parties in winning general elections and causes them to be limited to the local levels, they still are very important in the country. They serve a variety of functions, such as presenting and emphasizing new ideas to debate and serving as a precaution in case popular discontent. Third parties are either splinter parties, which branch out of