Which of the following reasons best explains the short lives of third parties?

Question $14$ options:

They lack requisite resources $($membership$,$ money, organization, etc.$)$ to survive.

Their causes are usually eliminated by the ability of the major parties to absorb their programs and to draw their supporters into the mainstream.

They are organized to redistribute income; once new policies are in place, the parties disband.

Their goals and objectives are too extreme for most Americans.