1. The Effect of Third Party Candidates in Presidetial Elections
... and gridlock (Mazmanian 6). The Constitution of the United States does not in any way limit the structure of the political system to two parties. In fact, there has been no presidential election where there were only two candidates; however, third-party candidates are rarely represented in a majority of the states, and those that were on the ballot in a majority of states have ... , including radio and television, political candidates had no direct means of communicating with the public and were thus dependant on the communication systems of the major parties. Thus, third party movements...
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