The Green Party and the Libertarian Party

The two major political parties are the Republican and the Democratic Party; however over the past few decades many people have become very dissatisfied with them. The two new minor parties that have emerged are the Green Party and the Libertarian Party. These two new parties are showing promise and growth in the political spectrum. The Libertarians main focus are the right of the people, those rights include the rights to the fruit of their labor and the right to freely associate and form contracts and the limiting of government intervention. The Greens on the other hand, advocate values such as ecological wisdom, grass roots democracy, social justice, non-violence, decentralization, community-based economics, personal and global responsibility and the list goes on. These two new parties are rapidly growing and will eventually challenge the standings of the major political parties.
The Libertarian Party was founded in Colorado in 1971, and is becoming America’s largest,...