The Presidential Race: A Heated Battle for Third

by: tremayne

Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 11:56

I'm sure you're dying to know who finished in third behind Barack Obama and John McCain. Well it's close enough we'll have to wait until all the votes are counted, but here are the rounded totals so far, according to state-by-state data from Wikipedia and added by me:

530,200 votes: Ralph Nader

519,800 votes: Bob Barr

179,900 votes: Chuck Baldwin

147,600 votes: Cynthia McKinney

30,800 votes: Alan Keyes (in CA)

28,300 votes: Write-in/other

10,500 votes: Ron Paul (in MT)

Nader! Feel the momentum. The total number of people who looked at Barack Obama and John McCain and said "nope" is approaching 1.5 million, an increase from 2004. Nader's total this year exceeds his total from 2004 which was about 464,000 but far below his 2000 showing of nearly 3 million.

Write-in votes will affect the final totals and I'm sure there are a significant number of Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul (only on the ballot in MT) and Zombie Reagan votes in there.

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Go Barr! (0.00 / 0)

I saw a lot of Bob Barr signs. I can't believe Nader's beating him.

Conduct your own interview of Sarah Palin!

by: fwiffo @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 17:03:54 PM UTC

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what interests me (0.00 / 0)

is that Barr got three times as many votes as Baldwin, even though Ron Paul eventually endorsed Baldwin.

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by: desmoinesdem @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 19:27:49 PM UTC

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Third-parties = 1.1% total (0.00 / 0)

Not a long going on outside the two-party system on a national level in the USA.

John McCain

by: joejoejoe @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 17:07:23 PM UTC

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Wasn't Ron Paul on the ballot in La, too? (0.00 / 0)

Well, I read this at a Ron Paul fanblog. Dunno how that fan will feel when seeing these numbers, though. Dr. Paul even behind "other"! Not really a show of strength.

by: Gray @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 17:08:17 PM UTC

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maybe (0.00 / 0)

doesn't show that at Wikipedia though.

by: tremayne @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 17:22:11 PM UTC

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"Ron Paul placed third in the two states that had him on the ballot" (0.00 / 0)

"Montana and Louisiana which produced a total of 19,852 votes, well ahead of any third party candidates."
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by: Gray @ Wed Nov 12, 2008 at 07:27:27 AM UTC

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Nader? (4.00 / 4)

Apparently Nader's cult of personality includes around 530,000 members. I voted for him in 2000 in Maryland because I wanted the Green party to reach 5% nationally and Gore won Maryland the moment Bush became the republican nominees (I think the McCain of 2000, might have been able to put it in play).

But he wasn't on any party's ticket this year. No long term good could be done by supporting him. The moment he opted out of the Green party primaries it should have been clear to everyone that this was an ego trip. If you wanted to lodge a protest vote (and with FISA, clean coal, and no single payer there was plenty to protest about Obama's record and platform) why not vote for McKinney? She at least was helping build Green party infrastructure. Nader was just keeping himself in a very small limelight.

by: PTM @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 18:00:33 PM UTC

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I'm stunned (0.00 / 0)

that (a) Paul didn't get more votes (even if you attribute all write-in votes to him) and (b) Barr didn't beat Nader.

by: space @ Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 18:00:57 PM UTC

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Doesn't Mickey Mouse (0.00 / 0)

always win the write-in popular vote?