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Article: CONSERVATIVE PARTY AT 40: MIDLIFE CRISIS?
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- United Press International
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- April 1, 2002
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Conservative Party at 40: Midlife Crisis?
NEW YORK, Apr 01, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) --
The second-oldest and second-largest but historically the most important
of New York State's six recognized minority parties, the Conservative
Party, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Forty years
in, how is it doing?
The combination of a low threshold of votes to qualify for legal status
as a party and a law that allows cross-endorsements makes New York
politics unique. In 1998, besides the two major parties, no less than
six minor parties made the 50,000-vote qualification level.
In 1998, these minor parties together got 21 percent of the vote for ...