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TwilightZone

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5. Probably not as much as it might appear.

Reply to Revanchist (Original post)

Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:30 PM

Nov 2020

From what I've seen, many were never-Trumpers who couldn't quite pull the lever for Biden, but still wanted to register protest votes against Trump. Without Jorgensen, those votes may not have ended up for Trump.

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How much of our win can be contributed to Jo Jorgensen? [View all] Revanchist Nov 2020 OP

I never even heard of him until saw him on our absentee ballot. kimbutgar Nov 2020 #1

She is a woman. LisaL Nov 2020 #7

My bad kimbutgar Nov 2020 #10

Jo Jorgensen. She. Another woman spoiler. bullimiami Nov 2020 #2

Yeah, my bad Revanchist Nov 2020 #11

I didnt realize her VP was named Spike. If we had ranked choice that would have been my #2. bullimiami Nov 2020 #13

Possibly more... regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #3

Who? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #4

Libertarian candidate. LisaL Nov 2020 #9

Came third in MN - 35,000 votes question everything Nov 2020 #19

Probably not as much as it might appear. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #5

It's Jo and she is a woman. we can do it Nov 2020 #6

Nah... Howie Hawkins did whistler162 Nov 2020 #8

Nah, she got far less than the Libertarians last time relayerbob Nov 2020 #12

Well, if she gets 60,000 and our margin of victory is 10,000, it certainly isn't negligible. LisaL Nov 2020 #15

Almost all of her votes took away from Trump, not Biden... Silent3 Nov 2020 #14

Honestly, probably none dsc Nov 2020 #16

None, as far as I can tell Politicub Nov 2020 #17

The Right right now dustyscamp Nov 2020 #18

In 2016 pre-election polling indicated that Gary Johnson was taking more votes from HRC than Trump. StevieM Nov 2020 #20