Ralph Nader

(noun)

An American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney focused on the areas of consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.

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  • The Impact of Minor Parties

    • During the 2000 election, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some people felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.
    • This was at issue during the 2000 election when Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.
    • Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate, is accused of "stealing" votes away from Al Gore, a Democrat, in the 2000 election.

  • The Rise of Independents

    • Recent prominent Independent candidates for president of the United States include John Anderson in 1980, Ross Perot in 1992, and Ralph Nader in the 2004 and 2008 elections.
    • In 2008, Independent Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader formed Independent parties in New Mexico, Delaware, and elsewhere to gain ballot access in several states.

  • Ideological Third Parties and Splinter Parties

    • Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate, is accused of "stealing" votes away from Al Gore, a Democrat, in the 2000 election.

  • The Disputed Election of 2000

    • Ralph Nader was the most successful third-party candidate, drawing 2.74 percent of the popular vote.
    • Many Gore supporters claimed Nader split the Democratic vote, tipping the election for Bush.

  • Conclusion: The End of a Century

    • Consumer advocate Ralph Nader ran as the candidate of the Green Party, a party devoted to environmental issues and grassroots activism, and Democrats feared that he would attract votes that Gore might otherwise win.

  • Applicable Legislation

    • Consumer advocates like Ralph Nader argue that for too long, product liability favored producers at the expense of the product user.

  • Conclusion: Populism Resurgent

    • In the 1990s and 2000s, the presidential campaigns of third-party billionaire Ross Perot, Green Party and Independent Ralph Nader, and Democrat John Edwards have been identified by the media as running populist campaigns.

  • Emerson and Thoreau

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were important leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson(May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) and Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) were two important American writers and leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet.

  • Individualism

    • Individualism, a philosophy that stressed the value of the individual, was popularized in the 1800s by such thinkers as Ralph Waldo Emerson.
    • An important 19th century individualist thinker was Ralph Waldo Emerson , who developed ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability for humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson was an important American philosopher of the nineteenth century who espoused many tenets of individualism in his work, particularly in his essay Self-Reliance.

  • Photorealism

    • The first generation of American photorealists comprising the art historical movement included such painters as Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Charles Bell, Audrey Flack, Don Eddy, Robert Bechte, and Tom Blackwell.
    • This painting by Ralph Goings displays the artists technical prowess in the realistic depiction of many reflective, textured surfaces.