Do you think a 3rd party candidate can be a US President if they will be allowed to debate the Republican rep and Democrat Rep?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
Calgary, Alberta
October 13, 2016 5:11am CST
3rd party Presidential candidates have it bad in the US. Their names are not in the ballot of some states and Media make them non existent. The republican and democrat reps have celebrity endorsers. To make it worst, They were not allowed to Join the debates. In other countries even unpopular candidates are allowed to join the debates. I think the debates is the best hope a 3rd party candidate can have. If they will be allowed, I am sure they can make a difference. Some countries already have Independent and 3rd parties as head of State.
I think a 3rd party may won someday but it is not this election.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
13 Oct 16
This is only partially true. The rules for participation in the debates state a candidate has to have a showing of 15% in the polls. That might be a little stringent. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, was running about 9% the last I heard. Jill Stein was—I think—about 3%.
I've seen Johnson on some news programs, so does have media access. He's a former governor of New Mexico (he was a Republican then). His running mate, Bill Weld, is former governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Attorney General These are not newbies. They've been around the block.
Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, is a physician and an activist, gods bless her. She's done a lot of work for health and environmental reform. But it's remarks like the following that that make me think she's nut (from a Wikipedia article about her):
"When asked in a Vox interview about Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine, Stein answered, 'These are highly questionable situations. Why are we — Russia used to own Ukraine. Ukraine was historically a part of Russia for quite some period of time, and we all know there was this conversation with Victoria Nuland about planning the coup and who was going to take over... Let’s just stop pretending there are good guys here and bad guys here. These are complicated situations. Yeah, Russia is doing lots of human rights abuse, but you know what? So are we.'"
Do I wish we had viable alternatives to main parties? Yes, I do. And I've been wanting them for a long time. The two main parties are different flavors of the same old nonsense.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Oct 16
In my country, people who have no chance to win the election are still allowed to join the debates and people on the lead can lose their lead from debates. Before the debates a different presidential candidate was leading on the surveys and after the debates she ends up 3rd place.
For now We dont have a 3rd party in the US who is charismatic enough and influential enough to beat the odds so US have 2 choose between Aids and cancer. The lesser poisonous poison is sadly the only choice as long as we have that rule.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
13 Oct 16
@Letranknight2015 I don't know about the Philippines, but many European nations have a parliamentary system of government. In an alternative universe, where the United States has a parliamentary form of government, Trump might be Clinton's vice president. I'd like to see that...
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
13 Oct 16
That's why I don't watch their debates, some contents but not all of it. I thought the US media was truth and just before only recently you realized the truth.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Oct 16
They portray Iraq as a very dangerous place until now but Erbil is now a popular tourist destination.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Oct 16
@Letranknight2015 You will even see women with no Hijabs at Erbil.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Oct 16
They have this "Must have 15 percent approval rate on surveys" rule which is unfair. I dont like the current president but kudos to him, he is not leading before the debates happen. he was like 4th place on surveys and he suddenly sky rocketed because of the television debate. US wont give anyone who is not democrat or republican a chance.
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