How well is John Monds, Libertarian candidate for Governor of Georgia, polling? While I think it is an unjustified leap to assume he is polling at 15% -20% as this article speculates, the author makes a good point. Why are the polling percentages of all the candidates in a Republican or Democrat primary generally reported even if some are polling in the low single digits, but third party results in a general election poll are often not reported at all?
I noticed something quite disturbing when studying recent polling for elections around the country. Rasmussen Reports will include upwards of 6 or 7 candidates in the Democrat and Republican Primaries, sometimes with candidates that only receive 1% of the vote, yet when it comes to the General Election they will only include the two Democrat-Republican candidates despite there being sometime upwards of 3 or 4 other candidates from Third Party Nominations or Independent Nominations.
we have been in the debates for awhile now . It should not change
why won’t he be included in the debates? It’s such a crying shame. If he can get some publicity, he could blow away the competition. I LOVE how barnes is talking about how deal is just a politician and we need some ‘new’ blood in there. It looks like a Monds commercial…given that um, he IS the ONLY ‘new’ person running. Really? Barnes is going to bring ‘new ideas’?
That will be great – if he can get into the televised debates.
I hate to bring up the race issue, but I’ll do it anyway. Monds is black, and so are a huge percentage of GA voters. That could bode well for him on election day if people are exposed to him. Of course, his libertarism may help some too 😉
He will should be in the TV debates.The Libertarians has done well in Georgia in the past we polled has high as 9% in the last race for gov.