The Republican Party began as a new party in 1856 and only 4 years later, Abraham Lincoln was elected president in a 4 way race.在共和党开始是一个新党于1856年，只有4年之后，亚伯拉罕林肯当选总统在4方式的比赛。 Back in 1860 the two major parties of the day were the Whigs and the Democrats.早在1860年的两个主要政党当天的辉格党和民主党。

Competition yields superior products or in this case candidates.产量竞争优势的产品或在这种情况下，候选人。 Competition would give us better elected officials and better government.竞争将使我们更好地当选官员和更好的政府。 One of the things that makes America great is competition.的事情之一就是让美国伟大的是竞争。 But there is very little competition on Election Day.但是，很少有竞争的选举日。 Imagine the NFL with only two teams.想想看美式足球，只有两个队。

In 2004, the number of valid ballot access signatures required for a third party to have its candidates’ names listed in all 50 states has risen to millions of signatures!在2004年，一些有效选票获得所需的签名第三方将其候选人的名字列在所有50个州已经上升到数百万个签名！ Approximately 25% of the voters across our country are registered as either independent or as members of a “third party.” Over the last 10 years this has been the largest growing segment of voter registrations, which illustrates that voters are tired of the same 2 choices and are hungry for more competition on Election Day.大约25 ％的选民在我国注册为独立或作为成员的“第三方” 。过去10年来这一直是最大的增长部分的选民登记，这说明选民已经厌倦了相同的第2选择和渴望更多的竞争，选举日。

Third parties increase voter participation and citizen involvement in government, bringing about a return to “government by the people” in a competitive environment offering multiple ideas and candidates.第三方增加选民的参与和公民参与政府，带来了回到“政府的人”在竞争环境中提供了多种意见和候选人。

Given a level playing field, third parties can play a significant role in restoring our Constitutional Republic and help reduce voter apathy, which is one of the major reasons we no longer have a government that is responsive to the people.鉴于一个公平竞争的环境，第三方可以发挥重大的作用，恢复我们的共和国宪法，并帮助降低选民的冷漠，这是一个主要的原因，我们不再具有政府顺应人民。

There are plenty of political parties to choose from; Party X, the Democratic Socialist Party, the Libertarian Party, the First American Party.有很多政党选择;党的十，民主社会主义党，自由党，第一美国的党。 The list goes on.这样的例子不胜枚举。

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One Response to “Elephants, Donkeys And Party X”一个响应“大象，驴和党的X ”的

1. Maximus V 马克西穆斯V Posted: Oct 26th, 2008 at 4:12 pm 发布时间： 2008年10月二十六日在下午4时12分

   Duh hello is anybody home - because the USA is not land of the free - next question please.杜是任何人打招呼家-因为美国是没有土地的自由-下一个问题吧。 Seriously, you are just debt slaves - get over it.严重的是，你只是债务奴隶-克服它。 Reply回复 | Quote selected text报价选定的文本 | Link to this链接到本