Read the following summary and answer the question below. In the 2000 presidential election, neither the Democratic Party candidate Al Gore nor the Republican Party candidate George W. Bush won a majority of the popular vote. The Green Party candidate, Ralph Nader, won under 3% of the popular vote. George W. Bush won the election.

Based on this summary and your knowledge of the Green Party's ideas about government, how did this third party affect the outcome of this presidential election?