The Electoral College and its bias against third parties 6 Articles

by Alan Fernald

While the Electoral College exists, the United States will never elect a third party candidate to the office of President. To understand why this is true, one must understand the way the Electoral College functions. Th...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

It is a pretty sad situation when you vote for one of the two parties just "so it counts" but that is what this country has come to. I remember a lot of people who wanted to vote for Ralph Nader who instead voted for Kerry...read more

by William Duda

With the midterm elections of 2006 behind us, and the Democratic Party now in control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, let's take a look at our political system in the United States and analyze what it all m...read more

by Clay Barham

Getting rid of the Electoral College to favor the popular vote would tip the power to a few large American cities. It would make it much easier for the Democrats to gain more power in Washington, D.C. Right now, they are...read more

by Allen Mccullar

When the term bias is used, it is implied that these third parties have been inef-fectual. This is not so. Though the United States is traditionally a bicameral system, these two parties have greatly influenced by third ...read more

by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

The Electoral College like the Republicans and Democrats are vestiges of the Cold War and of a system that is experiencing the beginnings of a decline. Since Alternative Parties [Third Parties are an invention of the D...read more