Independents In 2016

[Graham2016]

I think people like me are tired of the Democrats and Republicans and wanting a Independents or Third Party Candidates .With Clinton  and her e-mail  controversy. and  problems with the Clinton  foundation.Then you have Ted Cruz,Rand Paul and Marco Rubio  which are all Senators.How can they do there jobs that they was elected into office  and get paid for it and not be there and running for President .

[Sumner 1868]

There are always third-party candidates.

[Graham2016]

What I am saying I don't think the Third Party candidates like Mark B Graham which is a Write-In candidate along with all the other Third party candidates gets the exposure to the media like Democrats and Republicans

[RTX]

It seems like we're overdue for a strong independent/3rd party candidate. Every 8-12 years recently there is one who does pretty decently - 2000: Nader, 1992/1996: Perot, 1980: Anderson, 1968: Wallace

[Suburbia]

It's long overdue. It's time for a well known established businessperson who doesn't have the stain of a Romney and has the money to run and have 50 state ballot access, and 15% in the debates. It's long overdue.

[Vega]

When and if we get a strong third party, it probably won't be centrist. Americans like to say they're dead in the middle but they hardly ever are.

And it would have to be bankrolled by some billionaires, but billionaires who remained behind the scenes and didn't run, because then the party would be about them, and all the lower offices wouldn't be contested by said party.

By the way, although he get's blown up because of him impacting Florida, Nader didn't do nearly as well as Perot, Anderson or Wallace nationally.

[Sumner 1868]

It's long overdue. It's time for a well known established businessperson who doesn't have the stain of a Romney and has the money to run and have 50 state ballot access, and 15% in the debates. It's long overdue.

So Ross Perot redux?

It seems like we're overdue for a strong independent/3rd party candidate. Every 8-12 years recently there is one who does pretty decently - 2000: Nader, 1992/1996: Perot, 1980: Anderson, 1968: Wallace

That's mostly historic accident.

1968: Racism
1980: Hatred of all candidates
1992/1996: Big money
2000: Clinton's neoliberalism driving progressives to the last straw

As regional polarization increases, so does paranoia about "spoilers." Thus, third parties have little to look forward to. The Libertarians did quite well in 2012, but nobody noticed because it was less than the Obama margin of victory.