“In 2012, Green nominee Jill Stein was on the ballot in 37 states, enabling 82 percent of voters to vote for her if they chose to do so”.
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Dr. Jill Stein, presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, during the third day of the Democratic National Convention.
While the deep unpopularity of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton suggests that third-party candidates could make some headway in the upcoming presidential election, the results of a new Gallup poll show that the candidates now remain largely unknown. That visit, again, led to a bump in web traffic, social media “shares” and reader feedback. “Debate-Complaint.FINALExhibit.FILED_.pdf”>their suit against CPD and the 2012 campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, Stein and Johnson allege the major parties have achieved “duopoly control” over access to the USA electorate through the use of “anti-competitive measures, including control of the presidential debates”.
According to the Real Clear Politics polling average, 54 percent of voters have an unfavorable opinion of Clinton, while about 58 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Trump.
“It ought to be public”, said Bruce Fein, attorney for Stein and Johnson.
The first presidential debate is scheduled for September 26. The decision on who is included rests with the private, nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.
Another lawsuit, joined by the Green and Libertarian parties, accuses the Federal Elections Commission of allowing CPD to make “illegal corporate contributions” to major party candidates, while “failing to disclose its contributions and expenditures”.
Johnson expects to be on the ballot in every state.
Under the commission’s eligibility requirements, Johnson could still secure a debate spot if he draws the support of 15 percent of polled voters in five national surveys a few weeks before the debate. He’s gotten as high as 12 percent. A RealClearPolitics average has him at 7 percent.
But Johnson is much closer to getting in a debate.
But Johnson has struggled to hit 15 percent in any poll.
Johnson, in other words, is caught in an election cycle Catch-22: To get acknowledged by pollsters, he needs higher numbers, but he won’t get higher numbers until the pollsters acknowledge him. Garcetti said. “But I think that gives us even more urgency globally, where we can say, ‘This is something that is a different strength maybe than the things that you’ve heard or the things you believe.’ I think we continue no matter what the outcome of the election is”. Perot made a splash criticizing NAFTA, describing the “giant sucking sound” of jobs going to Mexico.
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We have no illusions about Johnson’s chances to break through the clutter of ugliness and negativity. He is a free marketeer and skeptic of government power, but not an extremist. Most Americans just do not like them.
