This year, three candidates appear on the Ohio ballot for U.S. Senate: Democrat Sherrod Brown, Republican Josh Mandel, and independent Scott Rupert. A recent Survey USA poll shows these results: Brown 42%, Mandel 38%, Rupert 4%, undecided 14%, won’t vote 2%.
A recent Gravis Marketing Poll for the Michigan U.S. Senate race shows these results: Democrat Debbie Stabenow 48%, Republican Pete Hoekstra 39%, Libertarian Scotty Boman 7%, undecided or other 6%. The poll did not name the other candidates who are on the ballot, but they include Green Party and U.S. Taxpayers (Constitution) Party nominees.
If Boman polls at least 5%, the Libertarian Party will qualify for its own primary in 2014. Currently, the party is ballot-qualified and nominates by convention.
Thanks for the coverage. I sent this out to all of the Michigan papers, and so far it’s alternative media only.
How soon before the gerrymander gangs require 33.333334 percent of the votes to be a major party ???
— to be upheld by SCOTUS to have that infamous allegedly stable 2 party system ???
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
Congrats to Scotty! Let’s keep this thing growing!