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The All Purpose Gary Johnson / William Weld Thread

There is quite a bit at stake here for the Libertarian Party that many might consider more important, long term, than handing Trump the election:

- they need 5% to be able to get on all the ballots again in 4 years
- they need (I think) 7% of the votes to be eligible for public funds for the next election

Since Johnsone/Weld are very likely to get to these numbers, I doubt they will give up their efforts.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Carl Bernstein was on CNN tonight suggesting Weld might withdraw. Bernstein said Johnson wasn't a serious candidate and only wanted to bring the issue of legalizing pot to the forefront. He suggested Weld was concerned about their candidacy resulting in Trump winning and Weld is in the Never Trump camp.

Don't know how valid his opinion is but he suggested personal knowledge of Weld's concerns.
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Having known Weld, I could theoretically see him doing this. He's much more of a traditional northeastern republican than he ever was a libertarian (there's quite a bit of overlap between the two groups, though), and I can't imagine him viewing Trump with anything but abject disgust.

Still, it's just a rumor for now.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
There is quite a bit at stake here for the Libertarian Party that many might consider more important, long term, than handing Trump the election:

- they need 5% to be able to get on all the ballots again in 4 years
- they need (I think) 7% of the votes to be eligible for public funds for the next election

Since Johnsone/Weld are very likely to get to these numbers, I doubt they will give up their efforts.
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Why would any Liberatarian care about that?
 
Fitter said:
Losing it? I was referring to public funding.
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If they ever want to get to 15% or more, they have to appear like a regular party. Getting public funding will help with that (even if it might be against the Libertarian spirit).
 
I heard that Bernstein interview. I think that he was talking out of his ass and wishful thinking about Weld backing Hillary and dropping out of the race.

As a mostly republican voter, Johnson/Weld is taking my vote away from Hillary as measured in the polls. If there were only two candidates, I'd vote for her instead of trump.
 
Maya22 said:
I thought that Johnson and Weld would take more votes from Trump than from Clinton,, however, I see his concern.
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I have done 2 or 3 rounds of the survey monkey poll this election. First, the survey asks you to choose from 2 presidential candidates, I.e., you are forced to say which one of trump Or Hillary (Sane libertarians or republicans or moderates would say Hillary!). Then they ask you which of the 4 candidates and for me it's Johnson/Weld. I totally get why the polls say that the Ls are stealing from Hillary!.
 
Maya22 said:
Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson Has a Unique Reason for Shrugging Off Climate Change - Apparently, we shouldn't bother worrying because someday the sun will encompass our whole planet
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Naturally, he is far more reality-based than Donald Trump, in that he doesn't think that man-made climate change is a Chinese conspiracy. Second paragraph from the Slate article -
The former New Mexico governor did acknowledge that humans are making the world warmer in the near term, too—
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Yeah the Chicago Tribune endorsed him and all the local Democrats are reciting their talking points about not "wasting your vote." As opposed to wasting my vote on Hillary! I guess.
 
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