Comments on: National Totals for Indp. & Minor Party Presidential Candidates http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/national-totals-for-third-party-candidates/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2368 By: Michael Cox http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/national-totals-for-third-party-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-566260 Michael Cox Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:59:02 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4264#comment-566260 Once all the write-in votes are counted, I'm guessing that Chuck Baldwin will be at about 200,000 votes. He is currently at 180,780. Once all the write-in votes are counted, I’m guessing that Chuck Baldwin will be at about 200,000 votes. He is currently at 180,780.

]]> By: Earl http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/national-totals-for-third-party-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-563764 Earl Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:57:06 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4264#comment-563764 Many Libertarians would like to claim that they are logical in addition to being principled. If this was the case, they would indeed be running for local office. The facts show that when Libertarians run for local office, they stand a good chance of winning. Those Libertarians that do win can often stay in for a long time, if they so wish. Many Libertarians would like to claim that they are logical in addition to being principled. If this was the case, they would indeed be running for local office. The facts show that when Libertarians run for local office, they stand a good chance of winning. Those Libertarians that do win can often stay in for a long time, if they so wish.

]]> By: MPM http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/national-totals-for-third-party-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-563484 MPM Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:39:52 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4264#comment-563484 While the LP would have done several times better if Ron Paul had decided to become the nominee, this election has convinced me that the LP needs to focus on lower level races to have any relevancy. In other words, let’s just run one statewide candidate once in a while to gain ballot access, and mostly run for local office and a few state legislature positions. Some democrats told me on election day we ought to build from the bottom up if we want to gain relevancy, and I agree, I mean just look at what the Vermont Progressive Party has done. I think there are too many inflated egos in the LP (hence the runs for higher office) and an obsession with gaining automatic ballot access (which is justified, but the number of times we try to achieve it is overkill). In VA for instance, 4 years ago we almost won the Virginia Beach mayoral election in a three way, partisan race. My good friend Matt Beato almost won a City Council seat in Williamsburg and ought to get it a year and a half from now if he decides to run again. Also I have plans to try to convince a couple of independent Chesterfield County Supervisors (in a partisan Board) to come over to the LP. This is some of the basic common sense party building we need to do. On the presidential level, I wouldn’t be upset if the LP got behind a solid generic third party candidate next time around (perhaps from the Modern Whigs???) Let’s stop bickering over how many Ayn Rand books our nominees should have read and focus on running like hell on the local level! If you can’t get at least one volunteer at half the precincts on election day, that probably shows you’re running for too high an office – we just don’t have the resources. While the LP would have done several times better if Ron Paul had decided to become the nominee, this election has convinced me that the LP needs to focus on lower level races to have any relevancy. In other words, let’s just run one statewide candidate once in a while to gain ballot access, and mostly run for local office and a few state legislature positions. Some democrats told me on election day we ought to build from the bottom up if we want to gain relevancy, and I agree, I mean just look at what the Vermont Progressive Party has done. I think there are too many inflated egos in the LP (hence the runs for higher office) and an obsession with gaining automatic ballot access (which is justified, but the number of times we try to achieve it is overkill). In VA for instance, 4 years ago we almost won the Virginia Beach mayoral election in a three way, partisan race. My good friend Matt Beato almost won a City Council seat in Williamsburg and ought to get it a year and a half from now if he decides to run again. Also I have plans to try to convince a couple of independent Chesterfield County Supervisors (in a partisan Board) to come over to the LP. This is some of the basic common sense party building we need to do. On the presidential level, I wouldn’t be upset if the LP got behind a solid generic third party candidate next time around (perhaps from the Modern Whigs???) Let’s stop bickering over how many Ayn Rand books our nominees should have read and focus on running like hell on the local level! If you can’t get at least one volunteer at half the precincts on election day, that probably shows you’re running for too high an office – we just don’t have the resources.

]]> By: Michael http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/national-totals-for-third-party-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-563481 Michael Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:35:55 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4264#comment-563481 Once again, the one million vote goal for the LP is still unbroken. Once again, the one million vote goal for the LP is still unbroken.

]]> By: George Donnelly http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/national-totals-for-third-party-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-563478 George Donnelly Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:26:39 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4264#comment-563478 "La Rova" Suspect you mean La Riva. :) “La Rova”

Suspect you mean La Riva. :)

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