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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">LaserWolf</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">BobDesperado</strong> said:</div><div><br /> <br /> Third parties and independent candidates have had significant impact in US history on numerous occasions. It might even happen again in 2012, though I doubt it.</div></blockquote> <br /> True. If by significant you mean almost none. And numerous occasions you mean rarely.</div></blockquote> <br /> Ross Perot, Teddy Roosevelt & Robert Lafollette, George Wallace, Ralph Nader, Free Soil... this is off the top of my head. There were 4 parties that got significant (10%+) vote percentages in the 1860 election.<br /> <br /> If by "significant" you mean "winning the whole thing" you're changing the meaning of the word. I'll stand by "numerous occasions" since it's happened in a good chunk of our presidential elections.
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