Two party system?

All presidents since X have been Democrat or Republican

1853

Democrats and Republicans combined regularly win over X of the vote in presidential elections

95%

2020 Presidential Election Dems and Reps won a combined X

98.1%

People reluctant to give money to parties they know that will X
Cannot compete with two main parties in terms of expenditure, organisation, staff, media etc

Lose

Lack of X coverage, as they are seen as not newsworthy

Media

Success for smaller candidates brings problems - X of key policies by one or both the major parties

co-optation

Bill Clinton and the congressional Republicans adopted policies to deal with X flagship policy, to do with the federal budget deficit

Perot

1968 George Wallis - X Electoral College votes

45

1968 George Wallis - X of the total vote

13%

1992 - Ross Perot - No electoral college votes with X of total vote

19%

Perot managed to finish second in X states

2

In Maine, Perot received 30.44% of the vote - ahead of X

Bush

In Utah, Perot received 27.34% of the vote—ahead of X

Clinton

2000 Election - Nader's X votes for the Green party in Florida

100,000

2000 Election - Bush beat Gore by a mere X votes.

537

2000 Election - Bush won in New Hampshire by 7,000, Nader won over X votes.

22,000

Even the best-known parties fail to put their candidate on the ballot in every state - 2016 Green Party Candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in X states

44

2016 Green Party Candidate X

Jill Stein

Republican - Democrat Number of Seats after Midterms

222-213

In 2020, retiring GOP Congressman X changed his registration to Libertarian, making him the LP's first and only member to officially sit in the US Hous

Justin Amash

Currently X independent senators

3

Became independent in December 2022 - elected in 2018 (so is up for elections in 2024). Importantly though, she was elected a Democrat

Kyrsten Sinema

Elected twice, in 2012 and 2018, both times as an independent candidate

Angus King

Elected in 2018 as an Independent (previously elected to the Senate as the Democratic candidate). However, he did stand to be the Democratic nomination for both the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections

Bernie Sanders

Suggestions that the USA has a X party system with individual state parties being autonomous and ideologically varied

50

The Texas Republican Party is very different to that of the X Republican Party

Massachusetts

The California Democratic Party is very different to the X one

Georgian

All X state governors are D or R

50

Bill Walker independent Governor of X until 2018

Alaska

Lincoln Chafee independent Governor of X until 2015

Rhode Island