Nader beats Barr nationwide

[Stranger in a strange land]

he finished third for the third straight election.  has this ever happened before?

Debs finished 3rd or 4th in 4 straight elections. Then again, so did Nader (he finished 4th in 1996)

[Stranger in a strange land]

How did Baldwin and the crazy black lady do?

Also, do we have any clue how many write-ins Paul got?

Nationwide Baldwin won about 173,000 votes.  His best states were Utah and Idaho, where he got 1.26% and 0.72%.  One county in Utah gave him 5.6%  He did much better in the west than in the east and improved on Michael Peroutka's vote share.

I believe that's because the FLDS vote for the Constitution Party.

[Stranger in a strange land]

I am surprised. I thought Barr would fare much better than Nader.

I thought so too, but his campaign was pure epic fail.

[Stranger in a strange land]

This is also Nader's 2nd best election result. Note that votes are still being counted (including write-ins). Here are his results from best to worst: 2000, 2008, 1996, 2004.

that's largely the result of being on the ballot in more states.