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

by Steven J. Rosenstone, Roy L. Behr, Edward H. Lazarus

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691026130
• ISBN13: 9780691026138
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"