According to the San Francisco Chronicle:
In an interview after polls closed, Sheehan didn’t concede defeat but vowed to run again in 2010. She accused the media of ignoring her and criticized Pelosi for not debating her.
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Independent Political Report
3rd through 6th place, Presidential popular vote by percentage, 1992 to present
By paulie on November 5, 2008 1:39 PM
2008
Nader 0.52% Independent
Barr 0.40% Libertarian
Baldwin 0.14% Constitution
McKinney 0.11% Green
2004
Nader 0.38% Independent
Badnarik 0.32% Libertarian
Peroutka 0.12% Constitution
Cobb 0.10% Green
2000
Nader 2.73% Green
Buchanan 0.43% Reform
Browne 0.36% Libertarian
Phillips 0.11% Constitution
1996
Perot 8.40% Reform
Nader 0.71% Green
Browne 0.50% Libertarian
Phillips 0.19% Constitution
1992
Perot 18.91% Independent
Marrou 0.28% Libertarian
Gritz 0.10% Populist
Fulani 0.07% New Alliance
[Phillips 0.04%] 7th place, including him since the CP is still active
Analyzing these numbers, it seems that all the 3rd through 6th place finishers grew their totals slightly since 2004, came in in the same order, and that the percentage by which they grew was very roughly similar.…
National Presidential popular vote totals
By paulie on November 5, 2008 1:25 PM
From CNN, by way of Ballot Access News, with 97% of the vote counted:
Obama
63,086,600
52%
McCain
55,848,864
46%
Nader
649,097
1%
Barr
484,963
1%…
Two Libertarians each get over one million votes
By paulie on November 5, 2008 1:18 PM
Posted at Ballot Access News
The last time any minor party or independent candidate (for office other than president) received as many as 1,000,000 votes was in New York in 1970, when James Buckley received 2,179,640 votes on the Conservative Party line.
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Predictions: Barr tops half-million, Nader posts his second best showing
By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 2:13 AM
I’m heading to sleep shortly, but I’ve been crunching some numbers for the last 20 minutes and it looks extremely likely that Barr will top the 500,000 vote mark so long as nothing changes significantly in the way he’s performing.…
Bob Barr, Ron Paul may have cost McCain a few close states
By paulie on November 5, 2008 2:13 AM
Via Jinchi:
He didn’t exactly cost John McCain the election, but if the current numbers hold, it looks like Bob Barr may have cost John McCain victories in North Carolina and Indiana.
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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.…