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

Published by Princeton University Press 1984

Third Parties in America

Citizen Response to Major Party Failure - Updated and Expanded Second Edition

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190525

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Steven J. Rosenstone is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and a Program Director at the Institute for Social Research, where he serves as the Principal Investigator for the National Election Studies. He is author of Mobilization, Participation, and Democracy in America (with J. M. Hansen), Forecasting Presidential Elections, and Who Votes? (with R. Wolfinger). Roy L. Behr is a political consultant with Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns and Associates in Santa Monica, California. Edward H. Lazarus is a political consultant in Washington, D.C.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
TABLES AND FIGURES Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I
2. Constraints on Third Parties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. Third Parties of the Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Independents of the Twentieth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
PART II
5. A Theory of Third Party Voting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
6. Why Citizens Vote for Third Parties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
7. Candidate Mobilization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
8. Major Parties, Minor Parties, and American Elections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
9. H. Ross Perot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Appendix A: Minor Party Presidential Candidates, 1840-1992 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Appendix B: Description and Coding of Variables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Audience: General/trade;

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Published: June 5, 2018
ISBN: 9780691190525