Ross Ramsey of The Texas Tribune has this analysis of recent close elections in Texas that had Libertarian and/or Green Party nominees in the race.
Ross Ramsey of The Texas Tribune has this analysis of recent close elections in Texas that had Libertarian and/or Green Party nominees in the race.
The article includes this interesting statement:
“…political professionals believe — sometimes against the evidence — that Libertarian candidates take votes that would otherwise go to Republicans.”
Wow.. another hit piece that minor parties are spoilers…how new and refreshing! not!
Have ANY of the genius-MORON media folks ever heard about P.R. and nonpartisan App.V. ???
Political science has advanced since the 1776 DARK AGE of gerrymanders.
Here we go again. There is no evidence that “3rd” parties take votes away from the legacy parties and in fact there is quite a bit of evidence to support the theory that the legacy parties take votes from “3rd” parties. If you look at polling data you see that “3rd” party candidates tend to under preform. That’s the old party taking votes.