02542oam 2200601I 450 991046343380332120200520144314.01-283-96272-10-203-61524-71-136-05914-810.4324/9780203615249 (CKB)2670000000325198(EBL)1111570(OCoLC)826854968(SSID)ssj0000820440(PQKBManifestationID)11519392(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820440(PQKBWorkID)10863530(PQKB)10033992(MiAaPQ)EBC1111570(Au-PeEL)EBL1111570(CaPaEBR)ebr10647731(CaONFJC)MIL427522(OCoLC)825767503(EXLCZ)99267000000032519820180706d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpoiling for a fight third-party politics in America /Micah L. SifryNew York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (385 p.)First Routledge paperback edition, 2003.0-415-93143-6 0-415-93142-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-354) and index.section I. Challenging the duopoly -- section II. Organizing the angry middle -- section III. Organizing the left -- section IV. Organizing from the bottom up -- section V. The future.More Americans now identify as political independents than as either Democrats or Republicans. Tired of the two-party gridlock, the pandering, and the lack of vision, they've turned in increasing numbers to independent and third-party candidates. In 1998, for the first time in decades, a third-party candidate who was not a refugee from one of the two major parties, Jesse Ventura, won election to state-wide office, as the governor of Minnesota. In 2000, the public was riveted by the Reform Party's implosion over Patrick Buchanan's presidential candidacy and by Ralph Nader's Green Party run, whiThird parties (United States politics)United StatesPolitics and government1993-2001Electronic books.Third parties (United States politics)324.273Sifry Micah L.1000414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463433803321Spoiling for a fight2296300UNINA