If Buddy Roemer gets the Americans Elect nomination, and if Gary Johnson gets the Libertarian nomination, and if Virgil Goode gets the Constitution Party nomination, 2012 will be the first presidential election in U.S. history in which five parties each had a presidential nominee, each of whom was also a declared candidate, and each of whom had served either in Congress or as a Governor.
Of course, this presumes that the 2012 Republican nominee will be a person who has served either as a Governor or in Congress.
Another historical note, assuming the candidates named above become nominees, will be that the Libertarian Party will be the second non-major party in U.S. history to have run as many as three presidential nominees, each of whom had once been a Governor or a member of Congress. The three, for the Libertarian Party besides Gary Johnson, are Ron Paul and Bob Barr. The only other minor party that has had at least three former members of Congress, or former Governors, as nominees, is the American Independent Party, which had George Wallace, John Schmitz, Lester Maddox, and John Rarick.
Again the key here is that the while the Libertarian Party will be on the ballot in all 50 states, the Reform Party and Green Party will only be on a small handful of states. This leaves the Libertarians in a much better competitive position especially with a popular candidate Gary Johnson for president.
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@1 Word is that LP Oklahoma is set to fail this week.
@1 Word is that LP Oklahoma is set to fail this week.
That’s down to 49 max if true.
However, Americans Elect will probably not fail to get on the ballot in any states.
It is likely that they will be taken seriously whereas the LP will once again be largely ignored, just like when they ran Ron Paul and Bob Barr, and just like Johnson was ignored in the Republican primaries.
If Bloomberg is on the Americans Elect ticket they could well be in the national presidential debates, win electoral votes, even win the presidency.
Gary Johnson will probably not break 1%.
#3, you haven’t taken account of the Oklahoma ballot access case, which will probably have a hearing the first week of March.
I would vote for Buddy Roemer or Jon Huntsman or even better BOTH on the same ticket?!!!!
WhY is Ron Paul on the list for this independent ticket?