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Colin McGregor colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Nov 20 18:18:02 UTC 2008


On 11/20/08, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:26:45PM -0500, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>    Still not accurate: "only one other person even bothered applying
>>    for it". There were several others on the ballot.
>
> That is true, although when I searched for a list of presidential
> candidates, CNN returned just two names.  I actually was wondering how
> many names were on the ballot, but no news media seemed to care to tell
> me that.

Well, the number of names varied... Remember that in the US
Presidential votes are run by each state government, so details varied
from state to state. If you were in California, you would have seen
Ralph Nader's name on the ballot. On the other hand Ralph Nader was
NOT on the Texas ballot... Bottom line, only two names show up on
EVERY ballot in EVERY state...

A list of all the third party candidates who could in theory have
collected enough electoral votes to become US President can be seen
here:

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)_presidential_candidates,_2008

Seems a strange way to run a nation, but at least for Americans it
seems to (more-or-less) work.

> So as far as everyone seemes to be concerned, there really only was two
> people running for the job.

Well, in practice there were only two candidates who could have
collected enough electoral votes to win. It is big news when any
candidate from any of the "3rd parties" gets ANY electoral votes.

> I do agree it is way over simplified.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen

Colin McGregor
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