Third party (U.S. politics)
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Third party, or minor party, is a term used in the United States' two-party system for political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties. The Electoral College for presidential electi
From left to right: Libertarian, Green, and Constitution candidates at a 2024 Free & Equal debate in Las Vegas
Currently, the Libertarian and Green parties are the largest in the U.S. after the Republican and Democratic parties. Shown here are signs of their 2016 campaigns, respectively.
The Libertarian Party is a right-libertarian political party in the United States. The world's first explicitly libertarian party, it was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David Nola
Libertarian Party members at a major pro-choice rally in Washington, D.C., November 12, 1989
David Nolan, founder of the Libertarian Party, with the Nolan Chart in 1996
Former Governor Gary Johnson during the 2012 presidential election
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