Third parties typically fail for two reasons: 1- lack of finance, and 2-a compelling reason for the voters to support them. While Ross Perot had the money to make a credible run for president, he siphoned votes from the GOP that helped weaken the George Bush campaign against Bill Clinton. This is similar to the current (April 2015) Tea Party, who pull votes from mainstream GOP who might otherwise defeat the moderate Dems.
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There are several reasons why third parties generally fail in the USA. For a start the two main parties appeal to such a broad range of voters that they cater for most issues the voters represent. Occasionally, however, a third party proposes an idea that sits well with voters, gaining them more support. When this occurs the major parties simply adopt this 'idea' into their ideology meaning that the third party potentially disintegrates.
U.S. third parties are unsuccessful simply because the two major parties are too successful. The historical foundation, political socializations and practical considerations, the winner-take-all (pluralism) electoral system, and state/Federal Laws favoring the two-party system are most of the reasons majority parties are successful and minorities fall short.
well the united states is pretty big. in Israel it works because its not the big of a country. The U.S. has some minor parties but they dont get elected because of major parties, but in some ways they do succeed they can draw attention to issues that major parties are afraid of. Minor parties also can add or take away voters.
Most of the United States belongs to either the Republican or Democratic parties, and Third Party candidates can barely ever steal enough votes from the two main parties to get enough of the vote to take an election.
Most American voters do not vote for third party presidential candidates because they believe that most American voters do not vote for third party presidential candidates so to do so would be a waste of a vote.
Third parties are rarely successful due to lack of money and historic loyalty from voters.
Some third-party goals eventually become planks in the platforms of the major parties
The third parties have played a significant role in the strengthening of our two major parties.
The third parties have played a significant role in the strengthening of our two major parties.
Minor parties, or third parties as they are usually called, are candidate based parties like the George Wallace's American Independence party. They are usually organized around an ideology.
Third parties.