>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/04 11:44 PM >>> At 9:20 PM -0400 8/10/04, Michael Hoover wrote: >maybe post header should have read: anybody but kerry and cobb, in >any event, no need to limit oneself to left petit-bourgeois >deviationism of nader, choose between several real-live socialists >(commies even)
Only Nader/Camejo represented a potential to threaten the Democratic Party's hegemony over the left side of the political spectrum by taking 2-7% of the votes, according to the polls <http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/08/nader-2004-nader-2000.html> -- hence the Democrats' well-organized attacks on Nader/Camejo. Among the parties that you listed, only the Libertarian Party, whose core supporters are well-to-do, will have its candidate on the ballots in all 50 states: <blockquote>Democratic strategists have long fretted that Ralph Nader could draw votes from their presidential candidate. But a new survey suggests that President Bush faces a potential threat of his own from a more obscure spoiler: Michael Badnarik. In the survey, conducted in three Midwest battleground states, some voters who said they would choose Bush over Sen. John F. Kerry in a two-candidate race also said they would pick Badnarik, the Libertarian Party nominee for president, if he were added to the ballot. The numbers for Badnarik were small: He drew 1% to 1.5% of the vote in a four-way race with Bush, Democratic candidate Kerry and Nader, an independent. But analysts said the results suggested that the small-government Libertarians could attract enough conservatives disaffected with Bush's leadership to swing a tight race, just as Nader attracted discontented liberals in 2000. <<<<<>>>>> you're not suggesting that one should only make vote choice among candidates/parties on ballot in all 50 states.. re. libertarian 'spoiler' for bush, i posted figures in aftermath of 2000 election indicating that this happened in several states where buchanan 'took votes' from bush 'allowing' gore to win those states, buchanan did this with national aggregate of 1%... michael hoover -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
