February 8 at 6:03PM
The Third Party's Just Getting Started
Speaking of independents, with speculated campaigns from Mike Bloomberg and Ron Paul, it looks like we may get a choice of third-party candidates this time around. And, from the looks of it, they may end up causing more damage to McCain than to Clinbama…
In a proposed McCain-Obama matchup, Obama led McCain by five points. When Bloomberg and Paul are added as options, Obama's lead increases to seven points, with Paul taking 11% of the vote and Bloomberg taking 5%. The poll was done with Romney still in the race and matched him with Clinton; in that case, the addition of Bloomberg and Paul increased Clinton's lead by 14 points.In all matchups, the inclusion of the two third-party candidates attracted 13% to 17% from the Republicans, but only 5% to 10% from the Democrats.
What about that other guy. What's his name again?
[Ralph] Nader, who wasn't included in the poll, would most likely take votes from Democrats and independents.
He'd also be willing to take sandwiches, bowls of soup or any old jackets you have lying around.
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Yeah, yeah, EVERYBODY loves a third party candidate. That is, until they actually run. Then, to the fine folks at CNN, FOX, and MSNBC, they're only good for blaming the victory on the other major party. Heard about a third party in 2000? Oh yeah! That's right, Nader stole it from the Democrats (although apparently ALL third parties in Florida had enough to give it to Gore, so really we're all a bunch of thieves). Heard about a third party in 2004 though? No? That's funny, because everyone actually got arrested that year. (http://www.theadvocates.org/celebs/michael-badnarik.html)