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Posts published in November 2008

Libertarian Party Presidential performance in percentage terms, a year to year comparison

By paulie on November 5, 2008 1:58 AM

LIBERTARIAN PARTY

2008 (Barr) 0.4% (45 states)
2004 (Badnarik) 0.3% (48 states plus DC)
2000 (Browne) 0.4% (49 states plus DC, plus Smith in Arizona)
1996 (Browne) 0.5% (50 states plus DC)
1992 (Marrou) 0.3% (50 states plus DC)
1988 (Paul) 0.5% (46 states plus DC)
1984 (Bergland) 0.3% (39 states)
1980 (Clark) 1.1% (50 states plus DC)
1976 (MacBride) 0.2% (32 states)
1972 (Hospers) statistically insignificant (2 states) …

Projected order of finish in the Presidential race

By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 1:41 AM

At this point, enough votes are in to project (wth a pretty high level of certainty) that the order of finish in the Presidential election will be as follows…

1 – Barack Obama
2 – John McCain
3 – Ralph Nader (ind)
4 – Bob Barr (lib)
5 – Cynthia McKinney (grn)
6 – Chuck Baldwin (con)
7 – Alan Keyes (aip)

Those are the seven candidates who have or appear likely to surpass 100,000 votes each.…

Barkley holding at 16% in Minnesota

By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 1:36 AM

Former U.S. Senate Dean Barkley is holding at about 16% in his race against Norm Coleman and Al Franken. As the candidate of the Minnesota Independence Party, Barkley’s showing will ensure that Minnesota remains a three party state for at least the next several years.…

Green Party results

By Gregg Jocoy on November 5, 2008 1:27 AM

Broken down into four categories, local, state, national and Presidential, Green Party Watch has Green Party election results as they become available.…

Barr surpasses Badnarik and Browne totals…

By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 1:16 AM

Former Congressman and Libertarian Presidential nominee Bob Barr has surpassed the last two Libertarian tickets in terms of national vote total. With just about 72% of the national vote counted, the media is reporting that Barr has now polled just under 400,000 votes.…

Nader surpasses 2004 vote total

By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 1:05 AM

With about 70% of the national vote counted, independent candidate Ralph Nader has now surpassed his vote total from 2004. In that year, the Nader/Camejo ticket won 463,000 votes.…

Keyes might outpoll Baldwin nationally

By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 12:51 AM

Despite winning a late endorsement from Ron Paul, Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin has not done particularly well tonight.

With 7% of the vote reporting in California, Alan Keyes on the American Independent Party ballot line has already captured over 10,000 votes.…