I told you guys not to understimate cranked off conservatives
Facts about the Constitution party.
1. The CP achieved ballot access in 36 states in 2004 which is more states
than those achieved by Ralph Nader, the Green Party or any other minor party
except for the LP which made it in 48, plus the District of Columbia.
2. The CP is first among the minor parties in numbers of those registered by
party affiliation, ahead of the Greens in second place and the LP in third
with the Reform and Natural Law parties trailing far behind.
3. The CP has permanent ballot access on 15 states (measured by having
already qualified for statewide ballot access for the 2006 general election)
which is tied with the Green Party and behind only the Libertarian Party.
4. In 2004, the CP came in second among the minor parties in total
presidential votes, behind only the LP. This does not include Nader who ran
as an independent and led the pack, although his performance was much worse
than in 2000.
5. The CP was second, again behind only the LP, in (a) the number of U.S.
Senate candidates and votes received for all U.S. Senate candidates, (b)
gubernatorial candidates and votes received for all gubernatorial
candidates, and, (c) state senate candidates and votes received for all
state senate candidates.
6. In total state house races, the CP was third, behind the LP and the
Greens both in number of candidates and in vote totals. This is because the
Green party is very strong in certain pockets where they rack up high vote
totals in state representative districts.
7. In races for the U.S. House of Representatives, although the CP was
second in the number of candidates, it came in third in number of votes
behind both the LP and the Greens.
RE: I told you guys not to understimate cranked off conservatives
The Republicans are doing an absolutely dreadful job of governing this country and the Democrats seem utterly incapable of offering any kind of a viable alternative. Maybe the time is coming when one of the "minor" parties is going to come up with the right formula to really connect with the electorate and become a "major" party and this country will again have responsible government.
RE: I told you guys not to understimate cranked off conservatives
The libertarian party lost alot of support when they put leagalizing weed on the top of their page. There is room for a third party if it is a party of the people and not for the people. Bush and this bunch have set the republicans back twenty years.The damage Carter did to the democrats pales in comparison to what wya has done to the republicans
RE: I told you guys not to understimate cranked off conservatives
Bawanajim, yes and no. Bush has certainly moved the Republican party more towards the center. In some areas, too much. However, i don't think Bush has destroyed the Republican party or set it back 20 years. It will be interesting to see what the Republican party does in the next presidential election. Will somebody step up to the plate and run on their own ideas or just try to be Bush light?
As for the Libertarian party, they have aligned themselves with drug users or supporters and are thus not going to become mainstream. The Constitution party, however, could make some progress if they began fleshing out their campaign planks and started addressing more issues. At least IMHO.
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