On August 25, the South Carolina Constitution Party informed the State Elections Commission that it will not have a presidential candidate this year. It is ballot-qualified. If it were to change its mind, it has until September 8.
On August 25, the South Carolina Constitution Party informed the State Elections Commission that it will not have a presidential candidate this year. It is ballot-qualified. If it were to change its mind, it has until September 8.
Ruh Roh. Sounds like disaffiliation is around the corner.
South Carolina accounted for 5,765 votes statewide for the 2016 national CP candidate. New Mexico, also in 2016, accounted for 1,514 national CP votes. South Dakota (state party no longer in existence) accounted for 4,064 national CP votes.
As for write-ins, Texas provide 4,261 votes in 2016, Illinois put up 1,159. Indiana put up 1,937. These states did disaffiliate earlier this year. Don’t know for certain on Mississippi. And so on. Without question, 2020 has a greatly diminished available vote pool for the national CP than even the lackluster performance in 2016.
As a comparable, perhaps the 2012 Goode results (122,417 votes) is better.
Goode was more or less denied inter-party support (the elite clique didn’t want him–the term backstab comes to mind). And it looks like Blankenship too will fail to get inter-party support…albeit for very different reasons. But the effect is the same.
The long, slow death of the Constitution Party continues.
Darrell Castle received more raw votes for President in 2016, at 203,000 and something votes, than any prior Constitution Party candidates for President received, and he only got on the ballot in 24 states, which was less ballot than any previous Constitution Party candidate for President had for ballot access.
Don Blamkenship will likely do quite a bit less than Castle in terms of votes, and he will have less ballot access as well. It looks like he will probably be on in 20 states.
I bet they’d get a decent number of votes if they nominated Kanye or Phil Collins.
I’m sure the Blankenship campaign is going to file as a write in then. We just have to spread the word. I say that I run the unofficial Constitution Party reddit sub.
Although South Carolina permits write-ins generally, it irrationally does not permit presidential write-ins in the general election. We had bills in the legislature in the 1990’s several times to fix that, but they never passed.
So it looks like they aren’t going to decide they want Sheila “Samm” Tittle or John Richard Myers either, nor any of the other candidates out there.
@Floyd: CP West Virginia ballot access in 2008 and 2016 supplied 2,465 and 3,807 votes for Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle, respectively.
@Vg: Mr. Blankenship has expressed no interest in even running as a write-in here this year even though there is no filing cost and his name recognition could probably bring in a good number of votes. In 2018, after the kangaroo state court removed him from the ballot for US Senate, he said he didn’t want to run as a write-in then because he “didn’t want to be a spoiler.” Mr. Blankenbooney is obviously a GOP shill. Ignore his rants against Cocaine Mitch McConnell. They are likely good pals… along with all the “China People.”
@Andy: The CP’s national ballot access map is incorrect. Blankenship does not have access in either Alaska, New Mexico, or South Carolina even though the state parties there do. Even if they succeed in Tennessee, that’s only nineteen and there may be other states refusing to run Mr. China People. 18-state access for the CP.
The South Carolina Constitution Party is making a mistake by not running anyone for prez. They could be have JR Myers, Sam Tittle, or they can choose someone from the state party to run.
It is my understanding that Don Blankenship will be on the ballot in Alaska.
And he is running as a write-in in WV
As for South Carolina, I suspect that is less about Don Blankenship and more about the legal issues of some of the members who, from what I’ve heard, violated election laws by dabbling in two different parties. People really should make a choice and stick with it. Actively participating in the elections of two different parties is a crime in numerous states.