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Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson, possibly benefitting from dissatisfaction with the two major parties’ front-runners, is in double digits in a potential three-way race, according to a poll released Thursday.
In a three-way contest, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton was at 42 percent, GOP front-runner Donald Trump was at 34 percent, and Mr. Johnson, who is seeking the Libertarian Party’s nomination, was at 11 percent, according to the Monmouth University poll.
In less than a week, Johnson has come from less than 1 percent to 11 percent, and he is getting support from both Republicans and Democrats, who are dissatisfied with their nominees. If Trump and Hillary bash each other hard enough, Johnson just may stand an outside chance. One thing for certain. The power of the 2 party system is beginning to wane. Probably won't happen this year, but eventually the Reps and Dems are going to have to contend with the Libertarian Party, as people wake up, take a good look around, and find what the 2 parties have done to this country.
Article is here.
A pot company CEO, that's our third party alternative...
A pot company CEO, that's our third party alternative...
Yep. A billionaire, a felon and a pothead run for office...
and former Governor of New Mexico.
Iran is not a threat, will not follow Israel, morally pro-choice and supports same sex marriage, and currently is a pot CEO. He's definitely gonna pull in Cruz supporters.
Balance the budget, reduce taxes, and reduce entitlements? Gonna pull a lot of Bernie supporters considering most of them have a world view with some variant of economic determinism.
In less than a week, Johnson has come from less than 1 percent to 11 percent, and he is getting support from both Republicans and Democrats, who are dissatisfied with their nominees. If Trump and Hillary bash each other hard enough, Johnson just may stand an outside chance. One thing for certain. The power of the 2 party system is beginning to wane. Probably won't happen this year, but eventually the Reps and Dems are going to have to contend with the Libertarian Party, as people wake up, take a good look around, and find what the 2 parties have done to this country.
Article is here.
an Ideal America is one where the two parties are Libertarians and the conservatives
meaning everyone is pro economic freedom, pro gun rights, pro tax payer and the dispute is between social issue freedom supporters vs cultural control freaks
Foriegn policy is very different between libertarians and conservatives.
In less than a week, Johnson has come from less than 1 percent to 11 percent, and he is getting support from both Republicans and Democrats, who are dissatisfied with their nominees. If Trump and Hillary bash each other hard enough, Johnson just may stand an outside chance. One thing for certain. The power of the 2 party system is beginning to wane. Probably won't happen this year, but eventually the Reps and Dems are going to have to contend with the Libertarian Party, as people wake up, take a good look around, and find what the 2 parties have done to this country.
Article is here.
Yep. A billionaire, a felon and a pothead run for office...
Hopefully he doesn't screwed regarding ballot access, because what ever lead won't matter if his name isn't on all the ballots.In less than a week, Johnson has come from less than 1 percent to 11 percent, and he is getting support from both Republicans and Democrats, who are dissatisfied with their nominees. If Trump and Hillary bash each other hard enough, Johnson just may stand an outside chance. One thing for certain. The power of the 2 party system is beginning to wane. Probably won't happen this year, but eventually the Reps and Dems are going to have to contend with the Libertarian Party, as people wake up, take a good look around, and find what the 2 parties have done to this country.
Article is here.
In less than a week, Johnson has come from less than 1 percent to 11 percent, and he is getting support from both Republicans and Democrats, who are dissatisfied with their nominees. If Trump and Hillary bash each other hard enough, Johnson just may stand an outside chance. One thing for certain. The power of the 2 party system is beginning to wane. Probably won't happen this year, but eventually the Reps and Dems are going to have to contend with the Libertarian Party, as people wake up, take a good look around, and find what the 2 parties have done to this country.
Article is here.
Yeah, I suspect that the Libertarian party is about to have a massive increase in members and in corporate funding. Republicans have always pissed on Libertarians, anyways, just like Democrats have always pissed on Greens, so there's no real point in either groups staying in parties that so clearly give zero ****s about them. Therefore, the Green party, too, is about to get a massive boost in members, I'd wager no small sum on that one, either. I'm certainly nearly convinced that I am going to have to join them. If Hillary doesn't pick Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders as her VP, then I'm registering as a Green and honestly I hope that Bernie Sanders and my fellow Sanders supporters follow me.
There has never been a stronger third party election season than 2016.
I think the benefit to the Libertarian Party will greatly exceed the boost to the Green Party. Mostly because I think the Democratic Party will coalesce around Clinton more completely than the GOP does around Trump.
In related news, 2016 will be the year of Linux on the desktop.In less than a week, Johnson has come from less than 1 percent to 11 percent, and he is getting support from both Republicans and Democrats, who are dissatisfied with their nominees. If Trump and Hillary bash each other hard enough, Johnson just may stand an outside chance. One thing for certain. The power of the 2 party system is beginning to wane. Probably won't happen this year, but eventually the Reps and Dems are going to have to contend with the Libertarian Party, as people wake up, take a good look around, and find what the 2 parties have done to this country.
Article is here.
In related news, 2016 will be the year of Linux on the desktop.
Interesting, they will probably still not allow him in the debates. But I'll be voting LP for sure this election....again.
article said:The existing debate rules state that a presidential candidate must “have a level of support of at least 15% (fifteen percent) of the national electorate as determined by five national public opinion polling organizations selected by CPD, using the average of those organizations’ most recent publicly-reported results at the time of the determination.” This 15-percent hurtle leaves out important criteria, such as how polls should be worded, which polling organizations will be used, and when these polls should be taken. Cherry picking polling companies and adjusting the timing are just a few ways to tilt the outcome.
Can't tell if serious...Works for me. I am running Linux Mint, a Ubuntu variation, at home. Works much smoother than Windoze. Haven't seen a blue screen of death in ages.
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