Could YOU win a state in a second-tier party primary?

[Crumpets]

If you tried to pull a DW Perry and run as a third-party candidate in one of the three not-total-joke-but-still-minor-party primaries, do you think you could do as well? What state would you win if you did?

Obviously not for me. Even if I could bamboozle enough people into letting me run for the Green Party nomination, I would only be able to win a couple of disenfranchised "historic greens" or "Nader greens" in closed primaries who will never vote for them in the general as a protest candidate.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I'd get five of my friends to join the Prohibition Party, which would be enough to establish a majority.

[Santander]

The only one I'd be even remotely qualified for is the Constitution Party, but as an immigrant, I'd have no hope.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

The only one I'd be even remotely qualified for is the Constitution Party, but as an immigrant, I'd have no hope.

Don't worry. After 2016 you'll have a chance of running for office in your birth country.

[Virginiá]

Nope, because I'm not batsh**t crazy. That pretty much disqualifies me entirely from at least GP/LP primaries.

[ElectionsGuy]

maybe? I fit the bill ideologically for the libertarians but I have the profile of a turtle and the speaking skills of Gary Johnson (actually, I think I would be a little better than Johnson, which is really sad)

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Nope, because I'm not batsh**t crazy. That pretty much disqualifies me entirely from at least GP/LP primaries.

This, but I could probably get 5 or 6 votes in a Green primary. Or just one.

[Mike Thick]

Anyone who follows the Perry plan can win a state in the Libertarian primary.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Anyone who follows the Perry plan can win a state in the Libertarian primary.

If that's the case, I have decided that I will seek the Green Party's nomination in 2036. So what's the deal with Abraham Lincoln?

[This account no longer in use.]

Lincoln is a tyrant. Also, don't forget to talk about doing naughty things with Ann Coulter, look like a meth addict, stop brushing your teeth for the next 20 years, and make sure to upload nude pictures to your FetLife profile. That should cover it.

[LLR]

Bill Kreml won a state in the green party primary, if I were 22 years older I could too.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Lincoln is a tyrant. Also, don't forget to talk about doing naughty things with Ann Coulter, look like a meth addict, stop brushing your teeth for the next 20 years, and make sure to upload nude pictures to your FetLife profile. That should cover it.

Relax, I was getting there.

[RaphaelDLG]

Technically not right now, as I'm 26.

I would have assumed it'd be a pipe dream, but after listening to Darryl Perry speak, I believe the bar is very, very low to win a small state in one of these primaries, as all but the top few candidates are totally insane and uncharismatic. 

There's no question now I think if I put my mind to it I could win a state - I mean, barely anybody votes in these primaries, right - so it's just a matter of vigorously participating like Perry does.

Now actually getting elected to federal public office?  No way I could do that.  Too "low-energy."

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Probably the LP if I attempted, but probably would get like 6% of the delegates.

[Kingpoleon]

Yes, probably a left wing of the libertarian party. I can be pretty charismatic, sometimes scarily so. My one-on-one people skills, or lack thereof, would probably ruin any supporter I talk to one on one.

[Boston Bread]

I could win a Green nomination for congress/local candidate if I tried, but I could not win a national primary, nor would I want to. I would much prefer campaigning locally.

[OSR stands with Israel]

no I would have a better shot at winning the Republican Party then any of those

Green Party: LOL i have nothing in common with them

Constitution: No I am not a member of the far religious right

Libertarian: I dont support abolishing the federal reserve, retuning to gold standard, returning to pre 1913 regulation, or being an isolationist so i would lose

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

Constitution, but as a Muslim I would have no chance.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

No. Too young (only 18) and opponents would make mincemeat of me. I would be too moderate for the Greens, too left-wing for Constitution (as well as being Muslim), and much too sane and statist for the Libertarians.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Not trying to sound overconfident, but I think I could win the Constitution Party nomination if I kept my actual positions on gay marriage to myself and just focused on trade, foreign policy, immigration, and blamed everything on "Zionist Bolsheviks."

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I would be too moderate for the Greens, too left-wing for Constitution (as well as being Muslim), and much too sane and statist for the Libertarians.

[Goldwater]

At some hypothetical point in the future when I am old enough to be eligible and have actually made an effort to pursue the presidency, I could potentially see myself becoming the "LINO" candidate in the primaries, similar to Bob Barr, Wayne Allyn Root, Austin Petersen, etc.

[Intell]

Which Party? Kill me.