{"id":10070,"date":"2016-10-20T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=10070"},"modified":"2016-10-20T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:58:20","slug":"2016-third-party-presidential-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/2016-third-party-presidential-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Third Party Presidential Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/politicks.org\/IMAGES\/HEADER\/presidential-election.png?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>This is actually a really good guide to all of the valid third party candidates. Maybe if we dig, there&#8217;s a gem in there someplace? <\/p>\n<p>   &#8220;The Founding Fathers were vehemently against a national party (faction) system, especially a two-party model. The first three presidents &#8211; George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson \u2013 delivered strong cautionary words against the threat of political parties (although Adams and Jefferson would eventually succumb to the lure of the party system).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#WriteInToWin <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2eWe3Xv\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2eWe3Xv<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is actually a really good guide to all of the valid third party candidates. Maybe if we dig, there&#8217;s a gem in there someplace? &#8220;The Founding Fathers were vehemently against a national party (faction) system, especially a two-party model. 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