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re: Gary Johnson vs Donald Trump
Posted on 7/1/16 at 9:20 am to GumpInLex
Posted on 7/1/16 at 9:20 am to GumpInLex
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This election is the 1st time ive really seen a 3rd party candidtate getting any real attention
There have been plenty. Perot and Nader('00) both got more.
Perot got 8 million votes in one election and almost 20 million in another, yet not one electoral vote.
Johnson will be lucky to get 2-3 million.
There have been more in the more distant past as well like Anderson and Wallace.
All of these folks captured significantly more votes and attention yet failed to gain one electoral vote except Wallace in '68, he got around 40
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Posted on 7/1/16 at 11:29 am to NYCAuburn
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Johnson will be lucky to get 2-3 million.
he got 1 million in 2012 where both candidate were popular enough within in their voting block.
Both parties hate their candidate in 2016. Weld is a much better running mate this year as well.
Posted on 7/1/16 at 11:34 am to NYCAuburn
I said it's the first time I've really seen it. And social media wasn't a thing when Perot was running, so among people my age group that i see posting things on social media, its mostly, "frick hillary and Trump, Johnson is the only candidate that wouldn't be a complete disaster for America moving forward."
As for Nader, i was in middle school so i don't remember too much about his campaign. And i was definitely too young to remember much of ross perot (aside from Amanda Bynes' impersonation skit she did on All That."
I'm certain that in my lifetime, there hasnt been a larger group of people so disillusioned by the corrupt institution, that they could buck the normal predictions and vote 3rd party in a surpising number. Due to 24/7 access to information and social media, i think people arent nearly as naïve about our government as they used to be. And people are sick of it.
Of course i could be way off base, just my .02
As for Nader, i was in middle school so i don't remember too much about his campaign. And i was definitely too young to remember much of ross perot (aside from Amanda Bynes' impersonation skit she did on All That."
I'm certain that in my lifetime, there hasnt been a larger group of people so disillusioned by the corrupt institution, that they could buck the normal predictions and vote 3rd party in a surpising number. Due to 24/7 access to information and social media, i think people arent nearly as naïve about our government as they used to be. And people are sick of it.
Of course i could be way off base, just my .02
Posted on 7/8/16 at 10:39 am to NYCAuburn
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Johnson will be lucky to get 2-3 million
He has nearly no chance to win, but this is insane. He'll get far more than 3 million votes.
I'll predict he gets 7 million votes, which would be around 6% probably.
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