Center For Election Science presents hour long talk on approval voting at Green Party Convention
Third Party archive on Democracy Chronicles
The third party archive is about seeking to end America's two-party system. Libertarian, Green and independent candidates will be highlighted. Also see our entire section on third parties called Third Party Central where you can find information on every small party in the country.
The Ties that Binds Us: Lesser of Two Evils
While the leading segments of the labor and social movements often employ all sorts of creative and inspiring tactics and campaigns and can master hard-knuckle negotiations with the boss, their electoral programs lack innovation or forceful negotiations
Triangulation: An Electoral Strategy
One of the most powerful achievements of the two-party system has been to effectively limit political competition in a nation still widely regarded as a democracy. These limits are enforced by law and procedure but are also the results of the strategy of Triangulation.
Every Four Years: Towards a Transformative Electoral Strategy
The people are the single most important part of the electoral system, not the party elites. But, if we continue to do what we have always done, we will just get more of what we have always gotten.
AUDIO: President of the Christian Party Speaks
Darrell Trigg of the Christian Party looking to inject religion into America on third party ticket
Setting the Rules For Californian Green Party Primary
State lawmakers to weigh in on new rules for Californian Green Party Presidential primary contest
Minnesota Third Parties Unite Efforts on Ballot Access
Faced with impossible barriers placed by two-party system, Minnesota third parties work together
Trouble at the Top of Women’s Equality Party
Three different women claim top spot in Women’s Equality Party in high level controversy for group
Let Trump Run Independent If He Wants
With approval voting, voters torn between Trump and the Republican nominee can choose both. Diehard Trump supporters that don’t distinguish between either of the two major parties can just choose Trump
Transformative Movement Culture and Inside/Outside Strategy
The search for the “right line” or debates about the “agent of history” continues to shape the inner life of radical movements and consumes tremendous energies better spent organizing.