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1 Calder "Get Connected" Paper #2 Chapter 8: Question on Third Parties By: Alexander Calder POS-101: Introduction to American Government Due: April 30, 2007 Calder 2 Introduction: This Get Connected exercise deals with the fairly unknown Third Parties in American Government. This will be examined by taking a quiz given by the website http://www.3pc.net/matchmaker. Upon completion of this quiz I will take a closer look at whichever party I match with. The quiz has twenty-five questions, covering topics like abortion, gun control, foreign relations, taxes, etc. After completing the questions I was presented with these results: Party Compatibility Table 1) Natural Law Party 2) Green Party 3) Democratic Party 4) Republican Party 5) Reform Party 6) Libertarian Party 7) Constitution Party 68% 64% 59% 55% 50% 41% 41% The Natural Law Party was founded in April 1992 to bring the light of science into politics. Its founders, a group of a dozen educators, businessmen, and lawyers, Calder 3 knew that field-tested solutions to America's problems already existed but were being ignored by government, due primarily to the pervasive influence of special interests. The Party quickly qualified for the ballot in 32 states, fielded 128 candidates, and became the first party in history (after the Republicans and Democrats) to be granted national party status by the Federal Election Commission and to have its presidential candidate, Dr. John Hagelin, qualify for federal matching funds. The parties biggest year came in the 2000 election, the Natural Law-Independent coalition candidates received over 1.4 million nationwide, with many candidates winning 10% 20% of the vote and several winning 20% 30%--the highest average percentages for Natural Law candidates in any election so far. In addition, millions of citizens signed petitions to put the Natural Law Party on the ballot in their states, demonstrating the extensive grassroots support for the Party's proven solutions to the nation's problems. Dr. John Hagelin's presidential candidacy received unprecedented coverage in virtually every major newspaper in America, and Dr. Hagelin on appeared many respected national political television shows such as NBC's Meet the Press, ABC's Nightline, CNN's Burden of Proof, Fox-TV's The O'Reilly Factor and The Edge, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Dr. Hagelin also spoke to millions of Americans on national radio talk shows such as NPR's Morning Edition, The Jim Bohannon Show, and The Michael Reagan Talk Show. On April 30, 2004, the Natural Law Party officially disbanded its national organization, although a few state parties still remained active. The South Carolina Calder 4 branch of the party was taken over by the Green Party. However, several candidates were on the ballot in 2004 under the Natural Law banner, including Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Walt Brown. In 2006 the Idaho Natural Law Party merged with the new United Party, with the United Party taking over the ballot line via a name change. Many party activists have shifted their attention to a new group, the United States Peace Government. Upon review of the parties' platform and general guidelines, I can see that I in fact have some similarities to what they believe in; but on the other hand I have difference in opinions with other ideas. Get Connected: For the get connected exercise the book asks for me to research on the party that I was matched with, which I have done in the previous paragraphs. Also the book asks for me to contact leaders of the group, but unfortunately most members are now in other groups. If this party was still around today, I would love to support them in there struggle against the major parties. Calder 5 Works Cited: 3PC. 3rd Party Central. 29 Apr. 2007 <http://www.3pc.net/index.html>. Edwards III, George C, Martin P Wattenberg, and Robert L Lineberry. Governmant in America . New York City: Pearson Longman, 2006. Longman, Pearson. Introducing Government in America: Chapter 8- Get Connected. Introducing Government in America. Fall 2007. Pearson Education, Inc. 29 Apr. 2007 <http://wps.ablongman.com/long_edwards_ga_12/0,10640,2179656,00.html>. The Natrual Law Party. The Natural Law Part of the United States . 29 Apr. 2007 <http://www.natural-law.org/index.html>.

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