oters to voice their discontent with the major parties, introduce grassroots innovations and help propel the transition from an era of two-party politics into another. Moreover, as the Republicans showed with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, today's minor party may someday become America's dominant party. Should that happen, these candidates' views about the election process will most certainly be heard.Methodology Note: The first phase of this survey project included interviews, in person and by the telephone, of 515 third party, independent and major party candidates for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, governorships, other statewide offices and state legislative seats. The third party candidates are affiliated with parties as diverse as the Natural Law, Reform, Green, Libertarian, U.S. Taxpayer and Right-to-Life parties. This analysis was based on a survey sample that includes an over-sample of third party and Independent candidates to enable better measurement of the selected sample....
