Third Force may refer to:
Politics
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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
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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 refe ...
, in which two political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government
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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
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Third Force (France), a French political coalition during the Fourth Republic
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Third Force (Hong Kong), a political party in Hong Kong, supportive of China
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Third Force (Iran), a socialist–nationalist political movement in Iran during Abadan Crisis
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Third Force (Northern Ireland), a former Northern Irish paramilitary organisation
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Third Force (Myanmar), the informal name given to a collection of new political parties in Myanmar which contested the 2010 Burmese elections
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Third force (1996 Russian presidential election), an electoral coalition proposed during the 1996 Russian presidential election
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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 Witwatersr ...
, a late apartheid era militants, resistant to change
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Third Force (Ukraine), a Ukrainian political party
Music
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3rd Force, 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. Man ...
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