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Politics

Third party (politics) A minor party is a political party that plays a smaller (in some cases much smaller, even insignificant in comparison) role than a major party in a country's politics and elections. The difference between minor and major parties can be so great ...

, party other than one of the two dominant ones in a two-party political system **

Third party (United States) Third party is a term used in the United States for American political parties other than the two dominant parties, currently the Republican and Democratic Parties. Sometimes the phrase "minor party" is used instead of third party. Third parti ...

, in American politics ** Third parties in a

two-party system A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referre ...

, in which two political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government **

Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party The Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP), also abbreviated in Chinese as Nonggongdang ( zh, s=农工党), t=, is one of the eight legally recognized political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of ...

, called "Third party" in the 1930s * Third Force, a term referring to Canadians of neither British or French descent; see * , attempts to establish another force against the authoritarian Kuomintang and the radical Chinese Communist Party during the Republic of China (1912-1949) era, and also attempts to establish an alternative to the Chinese-Communist-Party-lead People's Republic of China as well as the Kuomintang-lead Republic of China after the establishment of PRC and expulsion of KMT from Mainland China in 1949 * Third Force (France), a French political coalition during the Fourth Republic *

Third Force (Hong Kong) The Third Force () is a banner running in New Territories West for the 2012 Legislative Council of Hong Kong Election. It was led by Chan Keung, a member of the Guangdong Provincial Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who was ba ...

, a political party in Hong Kong, supportive of China *

Third Force (Iran) Third Force ( fa, نیروی سوم, Niru-ye sevvom) was a loosely organized non-aligned political movement in Iran which advocated an independent, socialist–nationalist philosophy of development. Though not a modern party, it maintained organiz ...

, a socialist–nationalist political movement in Iran during Abadan Crisis *

Third Force (Northern Ireland) The Third Force was the name given to a number of attempts by Northern Irish politician Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), to create an Ulster loyalist 'defensive militia'. The best known example was the Thi ...

, a former Northern Irish paramilitary organisation *

Third Force (Myanmar) The Third Force is an informal group name given to a collection of political parties and local non-governmental organisations operating inside Burma (also known as Myanmar). It was used mainly in relation with the 2010 general elections. Althou ...

, the informal name given to a collection of new political parties in Myanmar which contested the 2010 Burmese elections *

Third force (1996 Russian presidential election) Third force, in relation to the 1996 Russian presidential election, refers to the possibility of a center-left third party voting bloc being formed in order to create a viable alternative to Boris Yeltsin and Gennady Zyuganov. Serious negotiatio ...

, an electoral coalition proposed during the 1996 Russian presidential election *

Third Force (South Africa) The "Third Force" was a term used by leaders of the ANC during the late 1980s and early 1990s to refer to a clandestine force believed to be responsible for a surge in violence in KwaZulu-Natal, and townships around and south of the Witwatersra ...

, a late apartheid era militants, resistant to change *

Third Force (Ukraine) Political Party "Third Force" ( uk, Політична партія «Третя сила») is a political party in Ukraine that was created in 2005 by Vasyl Havryliuk. External links Party profileat the Center of Political Information Politi ...

, a Ukrainian political party

Music

3rd Force 3rd Force is a smooth jazz band consisting of William Aura, Craig Dobbin, and Alain Eskinasi. The band's eponymous first album was released in 1994. It was followed by others with "Force" in the title. "3rd Force is considerably more eclectic th ...

, a smooth jazz band * ''Third Force'', a 1991 Jazz CD by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist

Thomas Chapin Thomas Chapin (March 9, 1957 – February 13, 1998) was an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. Though primarily an alto saxophonist, he also played sopranino, as well as soprano, tenor, baritone saxes and flute. Many o ...

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