Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades: Modern Challenges to

Third Parties, Outsiders, and RenegadesModern Challenges to the Two-Party System in Presidential Elections\nAuthor(s): Melissa M. Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781793620729, 978-1793620729\nSynopsis\nThird Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades analyzes 10 third-party, outsider, or renegade presidential candidates and explores each one's impact on the political process. The list of modern outsider candidates who have attracted the publics attention is fairly long, but most of the time the candidates never garner enough support to become elected or they self-destruct somewhere along the way. A few, however, have taken votes away from more mainstream candidates and changed the course of political parties or election outcomes. This book provides readers with an analysis of how their rhetoric, political tactics, and issues have challenged the political status quo and impacted later campaigns. The future viabil.