There are three people running in the upcoming election. candidate mark thomas is a republican. candidate joe hill is a democrat. candidate paul jones is an independent. if jones had not run for election, the people who voted for him would have voted for candidate hill, since their views were the most similar. candidate thomas won the election. how does this scenario demonstrate a way that third parties can influence an election? a. a third party candidate will attack the major party candidates for domestic policy strategies. b. a third party candidate brings issues to the debate that otherwise wouldn't be discussed. c. a third party candidate will take funding away from a major party's campaign. d. a third party candidate takes votes from a major political party candidate.

It me to understand the world and my place in it. for example, (and i know i’m using the terminology ‘historical perspective’ loosely here; some of my examples may be better termed an ‘evolutionary perspective’) knowing that all humans can trace their ancestry back to a common ancestor who lived in southern ethiopia ~200,000 years ago makes me feel connected to everyone on the planet. knowing that some of our ancestors left africa about 70,000 years ago and interbred with more archaic hominin species in europe and elsewhere, me to see the stupidity of white supremacist ‘purity of the race’ themes. seeing how religion was used to enslave people, and how callously lives were thrown away by those in power in the world wars of the past century makes me feel extremely fortunate to be living in the modern era. and, perhaps most importantly is that this knowledge makes me for the sacrifices our ancestors made to get us to this point, and determined to do my part to make the world a better place for the next generation.