http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:30:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-207 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:36:13 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-207 [...] Continue reading Debate: The 20th Century’s Most Successful Third Party? at Third Party Watch [...] [...] Continue reading Debate: The 20th Century’s Most Successful Third Party? at Third Party Watch [...]

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-123 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:02:39 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-123 I think the Socialist and Populist Parties the most influential. They got (in the end) their agendas adopted into American society. I hope that the Libertarian Party was as influential today. It would reverse most of those bad policies those parties created. I think the Socialist and Populist Parties the most influential. They got (in the end) their agendas adopted into American society. I hope that the Libertarian Party was as influential today. It would reverse most of those bad policies those parties created.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-122 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:12:06 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-122 In my view, the most effective third party of the 20th Century was the American Independent Party. The 1968 Presidential campaign of George Wallace played a major role in the shift of public opinion among working class Americans toward the right. Many of the Wallace voters and their offspring became the Reagan Democrats and the Bush voters of today. In my view, the most effective third party of the 20th Century was the American Independent Party. The 1968 Presidential campaign of George Wallace played a major role in the shift of public opinion among working class Americans toward the right. Many of the Wallace voters and their offspring became the Reagan Democrats and the Bush voters of today.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-121 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:53:23 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-121 Excellent points by both Douglas E. and Donny Ferguson. I would point out that the Socialist Party of Eugene V. Debs and Norman M. Thomas probably influenced the New Deal more than any other single source and watched most of its platform become enacted by the Democrats in response to the Great Depression. I believe those sweeping changes in the way the national government related to the citizenry in the realm of economics and social planning make it the most successful "third" party of the 20th Century. Excellent points by both Douglas E. and Donny Ferguson. I would point out that the Socialist Party of Eugene V. Debs and Norman M. Thomas probably influenced the New Deal more than any other single source and watched most of its platform become enacted by the Democrats in response to the Great Depression. I believe those sweeping changes in the way the national government related to the citizenry in the realm of economics and social planning make it the most successful “third” party of the 20th Century.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-120 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:40:57 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-120 The 16th (income tax,) 17th (direct election of senators) and 19th (women's suffrage) Amendments would not have happened were it not for the Progressive Party. The 16th (income tax,) 17th (direct election of senators) and 19th (women’s suffrage) Amendments would not have happened were it not for the Progressive Party.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-119 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:06:54 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/06/26/debate-the-20th-centurys-most-successful-third-party/#comment-119 The Prohibition Party may not have been that successful in electoral politics, but it certainly did get it's single issue addressed. At least for a decade or so. Has any other third party been responsible for a Constitutional Amendment? The Prohibition Party may not have been that successful in electoral politics, but it certainly did get it’s single issue addressed. At least for a decade or so. Has any other third party been responsible for a Constitutional Amendment?

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