CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TABLES AND FIGURES vi
4. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xii
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. PART I
8. 2. Constraints on Third Parties 15
9. 3. Third Parties of the Nineteenth Century 48
10. 4. Independents of the Twentieth Century 81
11. PART II
12. 5. A Theory of Third Party Voting 125
13. 6. Why Citizens Vote for Third Parties 151
14. 7. Candidate Mobilization 188
15. 8. Major Parties, Minor Parties, and American Elections 215
16. 9. H. Ross Perot 231
17. Appendix A: Minor Party Presidential Candidates, 1840-1992 275
18. Appendix B: Description and Coding of Variables 281
19. REFERENCES 289
20. INDEX 303