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cali

(114,904 posts) Thu Jun 16, 2016, 01:17 PM Jun 2016

I suspect the Johnson/Weld Libertarian Party ticket will have quite the impact [View all]

My guess is that it's impact will mostly be its draw from republican voters, but who knows? What we do know is that both Clinton and especially Trump have high unfavorable.

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I suspect the Johnson/Weld Libertarian Party ticket will have quite the impact [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

good home for the bernie or bust crowd nt msongs Jun 2016 #1

no, not really better than Clinton swhisper1 Jun 2016 #7

as usual- and really, one can't expect anything but- cali Jun 2016 #9

what? You are for Johnson? sorry if I offended swhisper1 Jun 2016 #12

oh no. my deepest apologies. My comment was not intended for you cali Jun 2016 #18

apologies accepted swhisper1 Jun 2016 #19

there, I edited a word so as not to offend those who misread intent. swhisper1 Jun 2016 #16

Just can't resist stirring the pot, can you? nt WolverineDG Jun 2016 #15

How so? n/t Cal Carpenter Jun 2016 #20

They'll draw people who have lots of complaints about gov't but low-info on how it actually works. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2016 #2

What about Soltysik/Walker? snooper2 Jun 2016 #3

Well considering that they won't be on many state ballots, they won't have much effect. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #4

they are on all 50 state ballots. Please keep up swhisper1 Jun 2016 #6

anyone know how many state ballots Stein has? swhisper1 Jun 2016 #8

considering that YOU are woefully uninformed..... cali Jun 2016 #10

The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in America and growing rapidly. LAGC Jun 2016 #17

Pre-election polling is almost meaningless in regards to 3rd parties. NobodyHere Jun 2016 #21

If that ticket reaches 15%, then yes, they will influence the outcome greatly swhisper1 Jun 2016 #5

finally, a comment with some thought. Thank You. cali Jun 2016 #11

sad but maybe swhisper1 Jun 2016 #13

Weld at the top of the ticket would have drawn more people WolverineDG Jun 2016 #14