Resolved: Independent third parties are vital in the American political
system.
Independent third parties are political parties that are not aligned with
either of the two main groups, the Democrats and the Republicans. America
is a two party system, and the majority of people who hold office are from
either one or the other. This clearly illustrates that independant third parties
are not vital to the American political system. In the past, there have been
only four Presidents that were in office for a total of nine years, and no Vice
Presidents from independent third parties.
The most successful independent third party were the Whigs. They
were the only third party to ever produce a president. The truth to this day is
that no independent party has ever remained in the American political system
for more than twenty-eight years, while the two main parties have been going
since the mid-1800?s. They’re too unstable to stay around as long as parties
like the Democrats or the Republicans who have been here since the
beginning of our country. And because thirty years is hardly enough for a
party to become well established, they don’t succeed. Who would miss Ross
Perot? The third party system probobly does more harm than good. We now
have a pro wrestler where a governor should be sitting. What did he run as?
He ran under the third party.