2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIs Gary Johnson About to Sink in the Polls?
The Lid: Gary Johnson hasnt had a great few weeks. First, earlier this month, he helplessly asked an interviewer What is Aleppo? Then he failed to make the debate stage, missing a crucial chance to make his case in front of 80+ million viewers. And then last night, he again whiffed on a foreign policy question, stumbling through his inability to name a foreign leader he admires. Today, he doubled down, tweeting that he still cant think of one. The increasing press coverage of Johnsons impact on the race may have created the impression that he is gaining ground, but national polls actually show that his position (somewhere in the high single digits/low teens) has been very stable all summer.Thats why the next set of credible national polls coming this weekend or early next week will be crucially informative for him, as well as for the other two campaigns from whom hes siphoning voters. In our latest NBC/WSJ poll, Johnsons support was at nine percent, but that share nearly doubled among millennials. If Johnson has weathered the last few weeks without taking a hit, itll be tough news for Clinton as she continues to try to pull young voters back into their traditional solid spot in the Democratic bloc.
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https://politicalwire.com/2016/09/29/gary-johnson-sink-polls/
Mamajami
(257 posts)Freddie
(10,143 posts)Said one of DH's co-workers. Some people really are that stupid all they hear is the Liberal part of Libertarian.
DH does not discuss politics at work (he's the boss) but he did try to explain the difference. Not sure he got through.
I suspect quite a few Johnson supporters aren't the brightest bulbs.
RonniePudding
(889 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Not ready for anything!
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Johnson doesn't even qualify as an also-ran joke, anymore.
randr
(12,653 posts)
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