Thursday, April 30, 2020

Appraisals and Proposals II

Examples of multiparty systems:  CanadaBritainIsrael

Causes of the two-party system:

Types of Third-Party Movements
Reasons for Third Party Bursts
  • Major party deterioration and issue responsiveness
  • Economic decline
  • Unacceptable major party candidates
Reasons for the brevity of the bursts
  • Major parties coopt the third party agenda: Wilson coopts TR on Progressive reform, FDR coopts Socialists on social programs, Nixon coopts G. Wallace on law & order, Clinton coopts Perot on deficit control.
  • Perception of spoiler effect:  Nader in 2000, Stein in 2016
SCOTUS

Electoral College

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