Third Parties in America: Citizen Response to Major Party Failure - Updated and Expanded Second Edition

In recent years a growing number of citizens have defected from the major parties to third party presidential candidates. Over the past three decades, independent campaigns led by George Wallace, John Anderson, and Ross Perot have attracted more electoral support than at any time since the 1920s. Th...

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Beteiligte Personen: Behr, Roy L. 1958- (VerfasserIn), Lazarus, Edward H. 1959- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [1984]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525
Zusammenfassung:In recent years a growing number of citizens have defected from the major parties to third party presidential candidates. Over the past three decades, independent campaigns led by George Wallace, John Anderson, and Ross Perot have attracted more electoral support than at any time since the 1920s. Third Parties in America explains why and when the two-party system deteriorates and third parties flourish. Relying on data from presidential elections between 1840 and 1992, it identifies the situations in which Americans abandon the major parties and shows how third parties encourage major party responsiveness and broader representation of political interests
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
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ISBN:9780691190525
DOI:10.1515/9780691190525