Comments on: No Illinois Challenges to Any Presidential Petition

By: Zeleni

Zeleni — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:19:40 +0000

Phil,

Stufflebeam actually received 0.5% of the vote. He received 19,020 votes with a total of 3,486,671. That’s still impressive for a write-in that received little coverage, but it’s a far cry from 2.8%.

By: PhilCollins

PhilCollins — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:36:39 +0000

Michael, I agree. I voted for Stufflebeam, and he got 2.8%, as a write-in candidate. This year, the Constitution Party’s U.S. Senate candidate is Chad Koppie. In 1998, he ran for governor, in the republican primary, and he got 19%.

By: Zeleni

Zeleni — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:19:02 +0000

I’d wager a lot of it comes down to Obama having Illinois locked down. However, the Greens are established in Illinois, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Democrats let Nader slide to “split” the Green/left vote. It’s possible that Barr could get 5% in Illinois, which would establish the Libertarian Party for the statewide offices in 2010. I’m a little surprised the Republicans didn’t challenge with that mind. I’ll be sticking with the Green (hopefully McKinney), but I’m glad other voters will have more choices.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:57:57 +0000

Stufflebeam would have gotten a lot more votes had he been on the ballot instead of as a write-in candidate.

By: Patriotic Jones

Patriotic Jones — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:33:17 +0000

The stategy as I have come to understand it is that because the Greens and the Libertarians had so many signatures, an objection would probably not have been sustained after spending thousands of dollars by either of the two major parties. So they decided to NOT object to the other third party candidates in hope that they will siphon off votes from the other third party candidates.

This is playing with fire and the Constitution Party supporters could be the sleeper given the fact that Stufflebeam got 20,000 votes in the race for governor in 2006.

By: NewFederalist

NewFederalist — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:23:38 +0000

… or everyone was asleep!

By: Laine

Laine — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:35:53 +0000

Well I guess Obama doesn’t believe Nader will be a threat to him in his home state.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:45:30 +0000

Baldwin too, even though only 300 signed the petition.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:44:47 +0000

Good news for Barr: with Illinois being clearly an Obama state coupled with the dissatisfied Republicans, Barr could pull down a lot of votes in Illinois.