3rd Parties and Elections
3rd Party candidates are sometimes seen as a wasted vote. But occasionally, voters of 3rd Party candidates help decide elections. Your task is to look at one of four elections and determine how a candidate from a 3rd Party changed history. The elections we'll look at are:
-1912
-1992
-2000
-2016
Make sure you answer these questions:
-Who were the major candidates?
-What 3rd Party candidate affected the election?
-How did they do that? (think about the issues they spoke to that were different, the way they presented the message, or why the major candidates were not popular)
-What would the results have been without that candidate? This could mean that you need to look at a specific state or states that were greatly affected.
Please show us pictures of the individuals, political cartoons, charts, graphs, or any other visual that may help us understand the election.