Which third party has qualified for every state election since 1986?
a. Libertiarian Party
b. Green Party
c. Know-Nothing Party
d. Greenback Party
e. Populist Party
Question 2
Which of these is not one of the reasons why third parties stay minor?
a. Third parties are illegal in the United States; people who form third parties are essentially breaking the law.
b. Texas has some of the toughest ballot-access laws in the nation.
c. A person nominated for statewide office by one of the major parties is automatically awarded a spot on the ballot whereas a person nominated by a third party is not.
d. To be awarded a place on the ballot, third-party candidates must collect signatures from registered voters totaling one percent of all the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election.
e. Third-party candidates who manage to get on the ballot must win 5 percent of the vote for any statewide office or 2 percent of the gubernatorial vote to be guaranteed a place on the ballot during the next election
Comparison of reactions at equilibrium and steady state
This chart illustrates the four quadrants in which we can place the relationships between the state
The Election of 1912: Divided Republicans, Democratic Victory
The Election of 1960
State Laws on Abortion prior to Roe v. Wade, 1973
Steady State in the Two-Country Model