Johnson says that in today’s age of political divisiveness, he wants to be the person who can get things done. “I’m a veteran myself, I served overseas and it was rough being over there and knowing that we weren’t really over there to do anything but change their government” said Andrew Jensen. As a third-party candidate, he has a serious uphill climb to gain legitimacy in the eyes of American voters.
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His exclusion is because of a rule the commission adopted in 2000 requiring candidates to average at least 15 percent support across five national polls in order to participate in their nationally televised debates.
One of the third-party candidates in the USA presidential election has been ridiculed after being wrong-footed by a question on a key Syrian battleground.
McMullin, a former undercover Central Intelligence Agency operative in the Middle East, describes himself as a “center-right” Republican.
It was recently reported that 76 percent of Americans felt that Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein should be included in upcoming televised presidential debates.
Several hundred people stand in the rain to hear Former New Mexico governor, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speak during a campaign rally Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, in Concord, N.H. The unpopularity of Clinton and Trump suggests that both are vulnerable to defections.
Some are saying Johnson’s run is doomed after this misstep.
In a recent appearance on Fox News program “Fox and Friends,” Johnson, who’s expected to be on the ballot in all 50 states, said he could be polling even higher.
The embarrassing exchange followed a forum on Wednesday night in which Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump sought to showcase their national security and defence credentials. But when we involve ourselves militarily, when we involve ourselves in these humanitarian issues, we end up with a situation that in most cases is not better.
McMullin got on the ballot in SC on Wednesday, the 10th state that will feature his name.
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The Republican-led state legislature passed the tougher standards in 2013, as the GOP faced growing competition from the tea party. First, a candidate must be on the ballot in enough states to give him or her a mathematical chance of winning a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
