s party created a lot of buzz about third party politics. And when Ross Perot ran for President under his newly founded party's banner many people did vote for him as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican Party candidates. The second most known of these parties would be the Green Party. Their front man and former presidential candidate is Ralph Nader.
             Traditionally, the role of third parties has been to inject new ideas into the political debate. Abolition of slavery, a woman's right to vote, and crucial child labor law reforms have all come not from the two parties in power, but from outside the mainstream, from strong third-party movements. Our democracy was most vital and attracted the largest voter turnout over 100 years ago when there were no laws restricting third party participation in the political process and, as a result, there were several vibrant smaller parties. Voter turnout was 80%. Since then, as new ideas and third parties have increasingly been squeezed out of the fold, voter participation has steadily declined until
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