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Splinter parties can cause the public vote and electoral vote in some cases to be split. Take for example Taft Roosevelt and Wilson. Roosevelt runs as a progressive and it splits his votes with Taft leading Wilson to win the election
they can play a spoiler role in elections by taking critical votes from a major party e.g. Ross Perot in 92 took votes from Bush and Ralph Nader in 2000 took votes from Gore.
